Chapter 1 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Shanhu, that wench… She actually stole her slave contract when I went downhill to buy resources! She actually fled! And you had been so kind to her in the past, Milady!”

Hupo, a maid, was so angry that her face turned red. Her eyes shone with clear anger.

Their lady was already struck with tragedy, and Shanhu actually kicked her while she was down! Not only did she steal her slave contract, she even stole most of the lady’s money!

Hupo was absolutely miffed, but the lady was currently in a daze on her bed.

Chu Yue did not expect this to happen either. She had actually transmigrated? Wasn’t transmigration something that was only popular ten years ago? It was already 2019, so why was she caught up in the trend now?

The original person shared the same name as her. She was also known as Chu Yue.

She was Prince Qin’s imperial consort, the wife he recently married. However, she was just a substitute for another person.

The person Prince Qin fancied was actually the second legitimate daughter of the imperial chancellor, who had always been known as the greatest beauty in the capital. He did not fancy Chu Yue, who was of the imperial chancellor’s first wife and the eldest legitimate daughter who had always remained an unknown presence.

The original’s mother passed away when she was two years old. Soon after, her father said that he had a lot of things to do in the mansion, and he needed a helping hand. With that excuse, a few months later, he married someone new.

Once the stepmother came into the picture, the original naturally became Cinderella. However, since she still had her mother’s family, the stepmother did not dare to go overboard when tormenting her.

But while she did not dare to skimp out on the original’s food, clothes, and other necessities, she occasionally put pressure on the original’s mind, causing her to turn into a person so quiet she was practically invisible.

But misfortune never came alone. When the girl was sixteen, her grandfather passed away. She had to mourn him for three years. And what did that mean? That meant that three years later, she was nineteen years old.

It was basically a crime to not be married when she was already nineteen years old.

Her sisters, both legitimate and illegitimate, laughed at her, and it made her even more quiet. She wanted to run away from the imperial chancellor’s mansion. Hence, when Prince Qin asked for the hand of the imperial chancellor’s legitimate daughter, she did not have any opinions when her stepmother decided to marry her off.

After all, she thought that Prince Qin wanted to marry her and would be her savior.

But she was wrong!

Many people thought that the imperial chancellor had one legitimate daughter called Chu Jia, who was beautiful and a really good dancer. Only a few were aware of the existence of the eldest legitimate daughter, and of those most pretended that they did not know about her.

Prince Qin did not state his request clearly, and the wife of the grand chancellor used her as a substitute. After all, her daughter was destined to be the wife of the emperor and enter the palace. How could she marry an idle prince who only had the position of a duke?

Prince Qin could forget about marrying her daughter!

Prince Qin did not manage to marry the woman he wanted. Instead, he got a woman he did not want as his wife. He was livid, and because of it, the original was forced to endure his wrath.

‘What a jerk. He actually threw his temper at a helpless woman? What a good for nothing.’ Chu Yue organized the information she obtained and chuckled coldly.

As a modern woman, she was absolutely unaffected by being demoted to the position of a common consort, even though this was absolutely disastrous to people in the past.

The divorce rate in the modern world was extremely high. Being demoted to a common consort was nothing.

Besides, even though she was demoted, she did not have to worry about her basic needs, so there was not much for her to fret over.

Just when she thought about it, she heard her maid, Hupo, screech.

“What’s wrong?” Chu Yue snapped out of her daze and looked at her.