The Second Wife Refuses to Be a Layabout, Competes and Snatches Her Way to Becoming the Group Favorite

A gorgeous, rich, and spoiled second wife versus a rigid, taciturn, not-at-all old-fashioned powerful minister.

Pure pair, ancient-style marry first and love later, old-house-on-fire, personality and age gap.

Jiang Yao, the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family of Jinling, age eighteen, marries into the Pei family of the capital as the family head’s second wife.

With a lower family and higher match, and as a second wife at that, no one is optimistic about this marriage, all waiting to laugh at her.

Who would have thought that after marriage, Jiang Yao would still keep the unrestrained nature she had before:

She sleeps until she wakes naturally every day; morning and evening greetings do not exist!

Beautiful jewelry and hair ornaments? She waves a hand and takes them!

Precious, exquisite fabrics? She likes them, she wants them all!

The household’s accounting and management power? If she likes it, bring it here!

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In short, if Jiang Yao wants it, Jiang Yao gets it.

As for dissatisfaction? Then endure it.

At worst, they split up and divorce.

Who says that as a second wife, one must be submissive, pathetic, and stifled?

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Jiang Yao’s arrival makes the long-decayed Pei family lively and chaotic.

At first, everyone thought the whole family would be eager to kick her out.

Who knew that one day, after she argued with her husband, Jiang Yao would mention divorce in the front, and behind her mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, younger sister-in-law, and younger brother-in-law all came forward, threw their bundles at the husband’s feet, and said to her:

You stay, he leaves!

Jiang Yao: ?

Pei Zheng: ??

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Pei Zheng abandoned martial arts for literature at sixteen, won top honors as third-place scholar at eighteen, and after ten years of ups and downs in officialdom had long since become cold and indifferent, even scoffing at love.

Because of circumstances, he marries a Jiang family daughter ten years younger than him. He originally planned to follow the rules and be a respectable, well-mannered couple living properly.

Who would have thought that Jiang Yao’s appearance would revive his long-dead heart like still water.

From then on, restraint, rules, and propriety were gone.

Others say she is spoiled and willful, but he accepts it gladly.