The Powerful Minister's Wife

Wen Ying grew up treading carefully under her stepmother's rule, which made her character timid and weak. At sixteen, she secured a good marriage and married Shen Hanji, the illegitimate son of a marquis. Although Shen Hanji was an illegitimate son, he was brilliant and virtuous, with a radiant presence. Everyone said Wen Ying had gotten a great bargain, but the reality was that their marital relationship was lukewarm, the legitimate wife made things difficult for her, her husband's birth mother looked down on her, and she lived in the marquis's household as if walking on thin ice. By chance, Wen Ying discovered that she was actually a supporting character in a storybook. In the story, S...