Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Chapter 1 You Are Not Deserving

It has just passed the beginning of summer and it has been raining for several days.

"Nan Kui, although the wife of Marquis Jianning has set her sights on you, you are not my biological child after all, so you cannot marry into the Qi family."

He took her tea and drank it slowly without even glancing at the person standing in front of her.

After a moment, she put down the teacup.

He made the final decision: "It's settled. You and Wan'er will exchange marriages. Later, Wan'er will marry into the Marquis' Mansion, and you will marry Gu Yichuan in her place."

Shen Nankui seemed not to have heard it, and just stared blankly at a banana tree in the rain.

Her thoughts were still immersed in the weakness caused by her long-term illness. She never expected that when she opened her eyes, she was back to the day when she was sixteen years old and the Qi family came to propose marriage.

When He saw that she didn't respond, her face suddenly turned cold.

"You are silent. Are you dissatisfied with my arrangement? But don't forget who you are. It's only because the Marquis' Mansion doesn't know the inside story that they decided to marry you. Otherwise, how can you be qualified to get married?"

Shen Nankui came back to his senses.

Yes, she was just a fake adopted daughter. Shen Pingwan who was recognized last year was the biological daughter of the Shen family.

But she still had some doubts in her heart, so she asked, "Mother, please calm down. I dare not ask, but I dare to ask, was it you and father's idea to exchange the marriage, or was it my sister's idea?"

He glanced at her and said, "It was Wan'er's idea."

After hearing this answer, Shen Nankui understood. It seemed that she was not the only one who had been reborn.

As everyone knows, Prince Qi of Marquis Jianning's mansion is seriously ill and has even prepared a coffin. He is marrying a wife now just for the sake of good fortune. A family of equal status certainly does not want to marry their daughter to suffer, so the wife of Marquis Jianning set her sights on the family of a minor official in the capital and chose Shen Nankui.

Otherwise, with Shen's father's position as a seventh-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy, it would be impossible for him to marry into the Marquis's family.

In the previous life, the wife of Marquis Jianning came to visit, and the Shen family knew her intentions. They did not dare to offend the Marquis's Mansion, but were reluctant to let their own daughter be chosen and jump into this fire pit. So they asked Shen Pingwan to pretend to be sick and only asked Shen Nankui to come out to meet the guests, and finally settled the marriage with the Marquis's Mansion.

Shen Pingwan married the scholar Gu Yichuan.

Although Gu Yichuan came from a poor family, he was a man of both talent and integrity, and had good character. He was the son-in-law carefully selected by Shen's father.

Everyone thought that Shen Nankui would live as a widow in the Marquis' Mansion for the rest of her life.

Shen Pingwan's husband is young and promising, and with the support of the Shen family, he will surely rise to a high position in the future.

But what no one expected was that as soon as Shen Nankui entered the Marquis' Mansion, Prince Qi's health actually improved, and the two of them loved each other very much. Even though Shen Nankui had been infertile for many years, the Marquis of Qi, who had inherited the title, never took a concubine, but instead adopted a son into her care.

Their story was widely circulated in the capital, and everyone said that the love between the Marquis of Qi and his wife was so strong that others envied them.

As soon as Shen Pingwan married into the Gu family, she caused discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and unrest in the family. Moreover, after Gu Yichuan became an official, she offended the powerful and wealthy. Not only did she die tragically, but she also caused Gu Yichuan to be implicated and lose his job, and he did not have a good end.

Now, both of them are reborn.

Shen Pingwan must have known that she had a miserable end in her previous life, so she insisted on marrying in exchange with Shen Nankui.

Unfortunately, she only saw the glory and honor of the mistress of Shen Nankui's mansion, but didn't know that this marriage was a shocking scam!

The Prince of Qi was a homosexual and a homosexual. He was not sick at all, but was beaten half to death by the Marquis of Jianning.

The Qi family arranged for him to marry a wife just to cover up the shame and stop the gossip.

As for the rumors outside about the couple's love, they are just false.

Outsiders all said that she enjoyed all the glory and was doted on, but no one knew that she, the mistress of the Marquis's Mansion, was just a puppet.

Shen Nankui collected her thoughts and said, "Since it is my sister's wish, as her elder sister, I will do my best to fulfill it."

Since Shen Pingwan wants to change, then let's change it.

In her previous life, in order to preserve the Shen family's rich and prosperous future, she did not dare to resist and lived as a widow in the Marquis' Mansion all her life. Shen's father's official rank was promoted from the seventh to the fourth rank, but she became depressed and died of illness before she was forty.

This is already a way to repay the kindness of raising her for sixteen years. In her next life, she should live for herself.

Although the Gu family is a poor family, in the previous life, Gu Yichuan passed the imperial examination at a young age. If it weren't for Shen Pingwan's drag, he would have become a high-ranking official sooner or later.

Moreover, Gu Yichuan was a man of great affection and sentimentality. Even though he and Shen Pingwan had been at odds for a long time, after his wife's tragic death, he went to great lengths to seek justice for her. He never remarried and guarded his deceased wife's grave for more than ten years.

Such a pure-hearted person really moved Shen Nankui.

She was too tired and lonely in her previous life. It would be a blessing if she could marry a good man and live life together in this life.

"Don't be so hypocritical. Do I need you to help me?"

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Shen Pingwan rushed in aggressively, glaring at Shen Nankui.

"As an adopted daughter, even if you marry Gu Yichuan, a poor scholar, it would be considered marrying above your station. It is clearly me who should help you. Prince Qi is a lucky man and will surely turn misfortune into fortune. You are not worthy of this marriage!"

In her previous life, she was stupid. She was bewitched by Gu Yichuan's appearance and was afraid of becoming a widow, so she married into the Gu family obediently. In the end, she died tragically, but the impostor took all the advantage.

When she couldn't even afford to buy a plain silver hairpin, she heard that Shen Nankui's jeweled head ornament was worth thousands of taels of silver. When she was being trampled and humiliated by others, Shen Nankui was acting like a high and mighty marquise.

Why is this happening?

Thinking of this, Shen Pingwan's eyes suddenly revealed deep hatred.

"Besides, I tell you, not only can you not marry into the Marquis' Mansion, but even if you marry Gu Yichuan, the Shen family won't give you a penny of dowry!"

Shen Nankui was stunned and looked at He.

He avoided her gaze and said, "Nan Kui, I know you feel unfair, but you are not my flesh and blood. The Shen family has raised you for sixteen years, and they have done their best. Besides, Wan'er is going to marry into the Marquis's mansion, and a small dowry will make people laugh. Our family's situation is not good or bad. After Wan'er's dowry, there is really nothing left."

Shen Nankui's heart grew colder and colder.

In her previous life, she married into a marquis's mansion, and Shen's father was an official in the Hanlin Academy. For the sake of his reputation, he at least gave her a dowry of more than ten boxes. But now he doesn't give her a penny?

She knew that as an adopted daughter, she shouldn't ask for too much.

But in today's world, if a woman does not have a dowry, she will be criticized.

What the Shen family did was tantamount to cutting off her survival.

Shen Nankui took a deep breath and said, "I can understand the difficulties of my family, but if there is really no dowry, the Shen family will probably have a reputation of being mean, which will also be detrimental to my father's official reputation."

Shen Pingwan sneered, "Oh, are you in a hurry now?"

She looked at Shen Nankui as if she was watching a good show.

"Don't worry. Daddy is an official in the court. How could I let him lose face because of you? Shen Nankui, don't you always like to show off your writing? That's perfect. Books are the last thing our family lacks. You can use books as your dowry."

Her face was full of pride.

"Anyway, as long as something is carried out from the Shen family's front door, outsiders won't have anything to say!"