Mu Qing transmigrates into a novel as the beloved daughter of a wealthy merchant family in the prosperous Jiangnan region. She enjoys eighteen years of luxury and peace—until one day she realizes she’s actually the “virtuous main wife” in a typical imperial harem novel.
According to the plot, she’s destined to marry the male lead while he’s still a poor scholar, pour her family’s fortune into supporting his rise through the imperial exams and into court, manage his household, and take care of his growing entourage of concubines and illegitimate children… only to die from overwork just as he reaches the pinnacle of power as the Grand Chancellor.
What a terrifying fate!
Absolutely unacceptable!
To escape her predetermined role, she takes a trip to the capital under the pretense of business—and hires herself a “fake” husband in a contract marriage.
This husband is handsome, gentle, and refined. The entire Mu family is delighted with him, and Mu Qing plays her role to perfection, living in polite harmony with him. But when the one-year contract ends and she calmly proposes a divorce… her graceful husband suddenly snaps.
“You want to divorce me?”
Mu Qing watches in horror as her husband—now clad in a dazzling imperial dragon robe—approaches with a gentle smile. She starts trembling uncontrollably.
“How about… we renew the contract for another year?”
