She Insists on Becoming the Chancellor's Wife

[Fake taboo romance] [Powerful man lowers his head] [Angsty push and pull] [Marriage before love] [Palace and household intrigue] [He pursues her after losing her]

[Clear-headed, perceptive flirt x Aloof, noble family patriarch]

After waking from a fall off a cliff, noblewoman Luo Wantang is hit with one piece of bad news after another. Her identity has been stolen by her legitimate elder sister, her mother's madness is growing worse, and her scheming adoptive brother sends her off as a lucky concubine to a licentious wastrel paralyzed in bed...

To stay alive, she climbs into the bed of Gu Yanjian, the uncle of her late fiance.

But she is young and shy, and nothing comes of it.

Fortunately, she is clever, and he still grits his teeth and marries her.

She becomes the woman all the noble ladies of the capital scorn and envy: a scheming seductress.

He treats her coldly, and she entices him. She wants the title of Chancellor's wife, and she wants to use his influence to open a publishing house, make money, and uncover the truth...

Nothing else matters.

Once she has secured enough value for herself, she can switch between any mood at the press of a button.

He despises women who scheme and plot, have no shame, and use their looks to seduce men. She happens to tick every box.

At first, he is cold and indifferent, content to let her sink or swim on her own.

But gradually, he discovers that his words and feelings do not match.

He makes excuses for her flaws. As he keeps doing so, he finally gives up: she is resourceful, free-spirited, fearless, and dazzling. He had simply been too short-sighted.

He trusts her, dotes on her, and wants her.

Then he discovers that the sky has fallen: he married his late nephew's childhood sweetheart, and worse, the nephew has come back from the dead.

The girl he raised himself is now climbing over the wall for her childhood sweetheart.

She climbs a foot higher, and he builds the wall two feet higher. She climbs again, and he makes it higher still...