(GL) After the Concubine-born Daughter Took the Heir’s Script

Shen Ji had lived for fifteen years as a legitimate daughter. At sixteen, she suddenly learned that her birth mother was actually a concubine and that she had been raised by the official wife.

Before she could recover from the shock of going from legitimate daughter to concubine-born daughter, she was told something even more shocking. Her public identity was the Shen family’s legitimate son and heir.

Shen Ji: What?

She didn’t even have that thing, so how did she become the heir?

It turned out her father had been desperate for a son. At her birth, both her birth mother and her legal mother had lied, claiming she was a boy. They even said they had consulted a fortune teller who advised that she must be raised as a legitimate daughter or she would not live past sixteen.

Shen Ji: So I’m a girl pretending to be a boy pretending to be a girl?

Now that she had survived past sixteen, her father was preparing to bring her back to his side and give her all the privileges due a male heir.

Shen Ji, delighted: Isn’t that great?

Her legal mother added, “Those privileges include arranging a marriage with the princess. Once your true identity is revealed, the entire family will be executed.”

Shen Ji: …

In order to survive, Shen Ji climbed over the wall in the middle of the night and knocked on the door of her lifelong nemesis, Li Yunyao.

Shen Ji: Help me. I don’t want to marry the princess. Please, marry me instead!

Li Yunyao: Alright.

Li Yunyao brought out a pile of books. “On one condition, you must pass the imperial exam.”

Shen Ji: What?

After their marriage, Shen Ji’s relatives and friends, noticing her constant dark circles, all began advising her to restrain herself.

Shen Ji: I want to take it easy too (stop reading so much), but my wife won’t let me sleep before midnight (unless I’ve studied).

Everyone was amazed. From then on, the two were nicknamed “The Midnight Couple.”