short series

After Being Bullied in the Duke's Mansion, I Rose to the Top

share time: 2025-10-25 00:33:42

Peasant girl Su Wan flees a locust plague to her aunt in the Duke's Mansion, only to become a free servant—scrubbing chamber pots, being insulted by maids, even her aunt's youngest son splashes hot soup on her. She snaps when she learns her aunt plans to sell her to a rich merchant for a "blessing marriage": she secretly records the steward's embezzlement, uses the Duchess's lost hairpin to expose the steward; uses hometown date congee to reveal her aunt's embezzlement of disaster relief silver; helps the Duke expose a fake pearl scam. From a "country bumpkin" to the mansion's "wise star", even the Duke's son, who has been watching her silently, hands over the jade hairpin he's hidden for a long time…

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