CompletedYun Zheng was the only daughter of the richest man in Daqi, wealthy beyond measure. In her previous life, she married into the Marquis's estate with a dowry covering ten li, only to become a laughingstock on her wedding night.
Her husband led his 'white moonlight' to bow in the main hall, marrying both women simultaneously. Her mother-in-law publicly shattered her family heirloom jade bracelet, forcing her to accept her fate. She lived as a widow for ten years, guarding the ancestral tablets in the main house, then was forced to adopt her 'white moonlight's' son. Her vast dowry was drained, and in the end, she was poisoned and thrown into a mass grave.
Before her death, her husband embraced his 'white moonlight' and laughed aloud. "How can a merchant's daughter reeking of copper possibly be worthy of my Marquis's family registry?" he scorned. "You are merely a stepping stone for my Marquis's century-long prosperity!"
Reborn to the moment her husband was marrying two wives, as both sedan chairs landed—she kicked over the dragon and phoenix candles. "Marrying two wives? Isn't this fraud? I want to turn the tables!"
Did they want her to meekly accept her fate? No, absolutely not! Whoever wanted to make her miserable, she would ensure they all suffered. Whoever wanted her dead, she would send their entire family to their deaths!
Later: The fallen Marquis's estate knelt before the Yun family's shops, begging and weeping for her to be added to the Marquis's ancestral registry. Yun Zheng smiled faintly, looking at the cold and stern Ninth Imperial Uncle.
The Ninth Imperial Uncle lazily toyed with his jade thumb ring: "Zheng'er, you are already on the imperial family's jade scroll. Your name and mine are side by side; after a hundred years, we will receive offerings from all imperial descendants." The Marquis's entire family felt as if struck by lightning, collapsing to the ground...