During the Imperial Autumn Hunt, Song Yaoshi had a dispute with a woman her husband brought back from the borderlands.
Song Yaoshi rebuked the other party, saying she was merely a concubine.
As soon as she finished speaking, her husband, Xiao Ziqian, kicked open the door and pointed at Song Yaoshi, declaring, “We’re getting a divorce.”
Song Yaoshi was heartbroken.
That night, Song Yaoshi entered the tyrant’s tent, unluckily being caught red-handed by a princess and a prince.
Afterward, all court officials knew that the General’s wife had an affair with the tyrant!
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In the opulent yet suffocating confines of the General’s Mansion, Song Yaoshi, a former public relations maven from a different era, finds herself trapped in the body of a woman whose life is a blueprint for misery.
Married to the celebrated General Xiao Ziqian, she has spent two years in lonely anticipation, only for his return to herald the arrival of a new love.
But Song Yaoshi is no longer the naive wife destined for a tragic end. With a mind sharp as a tack and a complete disregard for the prescribed path of a “downtrodden wife,” she decides to rewrite her own story.
Her goal is simple: a swift and painless divorce, a return to her loving family, and a life of leisure.
Yet, in a world where imperial decrees dictate destiny and a tyrannical emperor holds ultimate power, achieving her simple dream will be anything but easy.
As she navigates treacherous banquets, manipulative rivals, and unexpected encounters with those who hold the strings of fate, Song Yaoshi discovers that her modern-day skills in shaping perception might just be the most potent weapon in this ancient, unforgiving world.
She’s not just surviving; she’s strategically dismantling her predetermined tragedy, one calculated step at a time.
