Completed【Arranged Marriage → Love, Sweet Romance, Strong Female Protagonist, Dual Purity, Humorous Turns】
Ruan Qinghuan transmigrates into a novel as the reserved wife of the celibate Prime Minister He An. Married at eighteen and divorced by twenty, she just has to endure two more years before gaining her freedom.
When He An brings his rumored love, Liu Yueru, into the estate, Ruan Qinghuan doesn’t react—choosing to mind her own business instead of causing a scene.
The maids believe she’s heartbroken and planning to let everything go, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
In the original novel, Ruan Qinghuan fought for He An’s attention with jealousy-fueled antics, eventually driving him to divorce her. After her dismissal, the humiliation led her to take her own life by drowning. The aftermath? Her family business crumbled, dragging the Ruan household into ruin.
Having read the script, Ruan Qinghuan decides it’s not worth fighting for a loveless marriage. Instead, she focuses on laying the groundwork for her future, building her business empire while waiting patiently for her divorce papers.
But just as her ventures thrive and she counts down the days to her freedom, He An starts behaving strangely. One night, the aloof Prime Minister—who had insisted on separate quarters—suddenly wants to return to Changchun Garden to “rest.”
Ruan Qinghuan: "My lord, please behave yourself. Men and women should maintain proper distance."
He An corners her against the wall, sneering, “Quite bold, aren’t you? Buying estates and keeping men on the side? It seems I underestimated you.”
The next day, word arrives from the capital magistrate: the Prime Minister is needed at the jailhouse to retrieve… his brother-in-law.