[Rebirth + Grand Chancellor + Older Man + Wife‑spoiling + Rise to Power]
On the very day she was sent into the Pleasure Bureau, Fifth Miss Zhao Mingyan took the initiative to receive a guest. Her patron was a man nearly thirty—thirteen years her senior.
The next morning, the Zhao women spat in her face, cursing her as shameless and vile, disgracing the family name. “Born of a courtesan, no wonder you were made to serve men. You’ve ruined generations of Zhao honor!”
Zhao Mingyan said nothing. That same day, the man returned, and she clung to him again. For seven days, she held fast—until the man finally took her out of the Pleasure Bureau. When she walked free, the gazes of her sisters, aunts, and cousins had all changed.
In her previous life, Zhao Mingyan clung to chastity and virtue, waiting for her fiancé, the heir to the Marquis of Xuanping, to rescue her. But he came not for her—he came for her elder sister, Zhao Mingzhu. Together, they entered the Marquis’s household as concubines, suffering a lifetime of humiliation, used as pawns against the legitimate wife. When she died, everyone cursed her as ill‑omened.
Now reborn, she returns to that first day in the Pleasure Bureau. This time, she will not wait for a so‑called fiancé to save her. She will choose her own path.
Unexpectedly, she chooses the man who will one day become the Grand Chancellor.
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