An Zhixiao

Fengyu loved gold, silver, and jewels more than anything. Her greatest dream was to eat, drink, and enjoy life as a salted fish. Her fiancé was the third-ranked scholar in the imperial exams, handsome as the legendary Pan An. Her salted fish life was perfectly complete.

Her husband was poor? No problem, she was rich!

But who would have thought that the winds of fate would shift, causing her soul to transmigrate into the body of Xie Xun, a dashing and rebellious young marquis, even making him lose a leg due to her. To survive on the battlefield, the salted fish had to turn over and rise, learning horseback riding, archery, and military strategy. The young marquis, bearing her face, caused chaos everywhere. Her fiancé, deeming her wild and foolish, broke off their engagement.

She got engaged, and he reneged. She made money, and he squandered it. Her mountains of gold and silver were all emptied by him, and the two became locked in a love-hate relationship. Gradually, the plot started to go off the rails.

The ex-fiancé, after breaking off the engagement, regretted it and confessed his deep love.

Fengyu: I've already fallen for someone else.

A scheming girl at the archery range tried to kill her, only for Fengyu to stab herself instead.

Fengyu: What to do now? It looks like you've committed murder.

Her parents, who had defended the borders for decades, returned home only to say, "Daughter, go follow the young marquis and start a rebellion!"

How did the originally carefree salted fish storyline turn into one of a villain rising?

In the end…

Raising a husband turned out to be a money pit, but the husband was certainly worth it!

A sickly schemer hiding their true nature (Fengyu) vs. A dashing but cunning strategist (Xie Xun)


Rejected Beauty Practices the Villain Play

The Beiman man was barely alive, his breath as faint as a thread. Xie Xun's fluency in the Beiman language had been taught by Xie Jue. "Know thyself and know thy enemy, and you shall be victorious in a hundred battles," as the saying goes. Upon hearing Xie Xun's questioning, which had nothing to do with Beiman or border crossings, the Beiman man, too honest for his own good, revealed every detail about encountering the Forbidden Army outside Xiangguo Temple.


They hadn't realized the men were from the Forbidden Army, since Lin Cheng had disguised them in nightwear. Xie Xun deduced the truth almost immediately—the timing lined up perfectly.


It was Lin Cheng who sent people to ambush Fengyu, intending to kill her but accidentally encountering the Beiman man.


Why would the Crown Prince want Fengyu dead?


Chapter 134: Schemes of the Heart