I just want to live a happy life

When she first entered this world, Qingyue did not open her eyes immediately. Instead, she listened to the noises around her first. After making sure that it was quiet and no one was disturbing her, she accepted the memories of the original owner that the system passed on to her.

It turned out that she had come to the world of Zhifou.

The original owner, Bai Ruonan, was the daughter of a salt merchant. In this era when scholars, farmers, artisans and merchants were the lowest class, people with Bai's background were the most looked down upon and despised by the powerful and wealthy.

Generally speaking, it would be impossible for the Bai family to climb up to these powerful families, but it happened that the current emperor was conducting a thorough investigation of the Ministry of Revenue and discovered that many noble families owed money to the court. As a result, the emperor ordered these people to repay the money they owed within six months. If they failed to repay the money within the deadline, their property would be confiscated and their titles would be stripped. The Gu family was among them.

At that time, the Gu family owed the imperial court 80 taels of silver. This money had long been squandered for various reasons and it was impossible to pay it back within half a year. Everyone was in danger at the time and no one pleaded for the Gu family.

The Gu family was terrified and could only quickly settle all the money and think of returning it to the court. However, no matter how much they counted, it was still not enough. Just at this time, news came out that the salt merchant Bai family was going to marry off their only daughter and there would be a huge dowry. The old marquis became interested and thought that if they could marry into the Bai family, the Gu family would be saved.

In the face of a disaster, the old marquis did not want to look down on the daughter of a merchant. The most important thing now was to overcome the crisis, so he took his wife to the Bai family to propose marriage.

At that time, the old marquis and his wife had three sons. The eldest son, Gu Yankai, had married the eldest daughter of the Dongchang Marquisate, Daqin, and had a son, Gu Tingliu. The second son, Gu Silang, and the third son, Gu Wulang, were not married.

However, Gu Silang and Gu Wulang were both lustful and neither could be trusted. Even though Mr. Bai wanted to establish a relationship with the Gu family, he did not want his only daughter to suffer in the Marquis' Mansion, so the marriage plan did not succeed.

But Mr. Bai did not expect that the Gu family would come to propose marriage again. This time it was not Gu Silang and Gu Wulang, but their eldest son Gu Yankai. It turned out that Da Qin died of illness, so they asked to marry Bai as Gu Yankai's wife.

Mr. Bai also knew Gu Yankai. He heard that Gu Yankai was a steady person and had deep feelings for his first wife, so he should be someone he could trust. After asking Mrs. Bai, he agreed to the marriage.

So, Bai happily married into the Marquis' Mansion with three boats and five carts of dowry. She thought that the Marquis' Mansion would definitely treat her well since they were so sincere in marrying into the Bai family. However, she did not expect to be embarrassed on the wedding night. What was even worse was that Gu Yankai did not consummate the marriage with Bai after three months of marriage, making her a laughing stock in the Marquis' Mansion.

The old marquis and his wife could not bear it any longer and forced Gu Yankai and Bai to consummate their marriage.

Since getting married, Gu Yankai has been lukewarm towards Bai. Bai did not blame him, but instead felt that it was her own problem. Perhaps it was because Gu Yankai was a military general and did not know how to be caring, or perhaps she was not as gentle and virtuous as Madam Qin.

So she took good care of Gu Yankai and treated him and Madam Qin's son as her own, hoping that one day he would see her goodness and treat her sincerely.

But later, she found out that her marriage into the Marquis's Mansion was a big scam. He married her for her dowry. Gu Yankai even blamed her for Madam Qin's death. If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have been forced to divorce Madam Qin, and Madam Qin wouldn't have died of depression.

At this time, Bai figured everything out. No wonder Gu Yankai didn't like the son she gave birth to, but instead favored his and Madam Qin's son Gu Tingyu.

Even after he became the Marquis of Ningyuan, without the old marquis and his wife to look after him, he treated her even more coldly. She, the marquis' wife, was just an empty title and everyone looked down on her.

After she died in childbirth, her son was like a wild child without a father or a mother. Except for Nanny Chang who loved and protected him, everyone else was wary of, alienated, reprimanded, and disgusted with him. This Marquisate was clearly his home, but instead he felt like an outsider.

After Qingyue accepted all the memories of the original owner, she seemed to feel the original owner's unwillingness. Her heart ached. She took a deep breath and said, "System, what is the original owner's wish?"

[Host, the original owner had three wishes. The first was that she hoped her two children would be safe and happy; the second was that she would become a real marquis’ wife; and the third was that Mr. Bai would enjoy his old age.]

"Okay, I see."

Qingyue entered this world when she was five months pregnant with her second child, which was long before the original owner died of complications during childbirth. This period of time was enough for her to control the Marquis' Mansion.

She touched her belly which had already shown signs of pregnancy, took out a pregnancy-preserving pill from the space and ate it. This pregnancy-preserving pill was very effective. No matter how she moved, the baby would stay safely in her belly until she gave birth safely.

Qingyue got out of bed quietly and walked to the couch not far from the bed, looking at Nanny Chang who was breathing steadily. Nanny Chang was the dowry of the original owner, and after the original owner's death, she took care of Gu Tingye as her own child. She accepted the original owner's memory and knew that Nanny Chang was a loyal and reliable person.