Xia Yunniang, the daughter of a Prefect, was betrothed by a twist of fate at the age of fifteen to Mu Shi, the third son of a Marquis’s household. Born to a concubine, Mu Shi was nonetheless a man of peerless refinement and handsome grace. Clad in fine furs, precious belts, and magnificent attire, he was the picture of an elegant noble gentleman in a mundane world. Everyone claimed that she had married far above her station.
However, Xia Yunniang was not as overjoyed as people imagined. After all, she had heard that in the Marquis’s household, the eldest sister-in-law (born to the legal wife) was shrewd and capable, and the second sister-in-law (born to a concubine) was fiercely competitive. Below them, the younger sisters-in-law (born to the legal wife) suffered from severe “di-cancer” and frequently looked down on others. To make matters worse, she had to navigate the whims of two mothers-in-law—the legal wife and the concubine mother. Life as a concubine-born daughter-in-law was going to be truly difficult!
In particular, her future husband was a man who was far too “ambitious”—a constant thorn in the side of his legal mother…
Warnings:
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The male lead is a pure egoist.
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Contains a moderate amount of drama and extreme characters; please skip if this bothers you.
