The Real Heiress is Priceless

"The capital says I'm a 'common sparrow' with the manners of a mountain goat. I hope they're ready for the goat to kick their teeth in."

The gossip in the Qing Dynasty capital is currently 10% oxygen and 90% scandal. The prestigious Zhou family has a problem: their youngest daughter was swapped at birth. According to every noodle vendor and noble official in the city, the "real" miss-Yan Shuang-has been living in the mud, has skin as black as charcoal, and is so ugly that mirrors go on strike when she passes.

The rumors are vicious, the Second Prince is panicking, and the entire city has gathered at the gates to watch a "village bumpkin" trip over her own feet.

There's just one tiny issue: The rumors were written by people who clearly haven't looked at the carriage pulling up to the gate.

When the door opens, the capital doesn't get a "common sparrow." They get a celestial disaster in silk. Accompanied by two maids who are 100% done with everyone's attitude and a driver who is far too handsome for his own good, Yan Shuang is about to walk into the Zhou Mansion and commit a literal crime of elegance.

"If she's charcoal, then we are all soot from the bottom of a burnt pot!"