CompletedFang Qianxue had been married for five years, with both a son and a daughter. She believed she would live a harmonious life with Lu Changqing until old age. However, one day, Lu Changqing brought back an ethereal beauty, announcing his intention to simultaneously take on two households – one for himself and one to marry that woman on behalf of his deceased elder brother.
Only then did Fang Qianxue shockingly realize she was merely cannon fodder in a novel about forced possession. In this book, titled "The Powerful Minister's Young Uncle Takes on Two Households, Pampering Her to the Bone," the male and female leads were her husband Lu Changqing and that sickly young girl. In the original plot, after spoiling his concubine, abandoning his wife, and brutally murdering his children, Lu Changqing finally lived happily ever after with the girl.
Fang Qianxue herself was the male lead's cannon fodder original wife. In the original story, she went mad and committed suicide, and her children had their bones extracted to be used as a medicinal ingredient for a tonic stewed for the miscarrying female lead to replenish her qi.
After awakening to this horrifying reality, Fang Qianxue was stunned by the book's plot. She didn't want to die, nor did she plan to go mad. She decided to take her children and escape this hell, seeking a more powerful connection.
It was rumored that Prince Beining was injured by a female assassin years ago and was incapable of performing marital duties.
Xiao Mingzhe then proposed: "This world is dangerous, and it's hard for you and your children to establish yourselves alone. Why don't we become a fake couple and support each other?" Fang Qianxue: "...Alright then."