Jiang Xuefu

Biodata

Background / History

The Vicious, Vain Stepsister

Jiang Xuefu entered the Su household at five, accompanying her father, Jiang Sheng. The household introduced her to a private bedroom, gardens, servants, and comforts she had never experienced. Seeing Su Jiu already living as its cherished daughter fostered an enduring envy: she later delighted in making the former “little princess” dependent on her 4.

Jiang Sheng's indulgence and control over the household staff helped shield her mistreatment of Su Jiu. Jiang Xuefu switched their placement-test papers, securing Class 1 for herself while Su Jiu entered Class 11, and gave Su Jiu her Class 1 homework to complete. Meanwhile, her affectionate behavior toward Su Jing made her appear closer to Su Jiu's mother than Su Jiu herself 1 2 5.

After learning that Su Jiu liked Lu Zhiyan, Jiang Xuefu took the uniform jacket he had lent her stepsister and used a student council gathering to approach him. Their attraction developed into an official relationship. When Su Jiu recorded Jiang Xuefu threatening her, Lu Zhiyan confiscated the recorder rather than turn against Jiang Xuefu 2 4 6 7.

Her harassment escalated to having Su Jiu confined in a dark basement and sabotaging her violin strings before the New Year's gala. Madam Lu overheard Jiang Xuefu's vicious remarks during the resulting confrontation and rejected her as a prospective daughter-in-law. Lu Zhiyan nevertheless protected Jiang Xuefu and concealed his mother's refusal from her 6 8 9.

After four years abroad, Jiang Xuefu returned to North City and targeted Su Jiu's relationship with Jiang Huaiyu. She openly asked him to leave Su Jiu for her; although he repeatedly rejected her advances, he later privately recalled her as someone he both hated and loved. Jiang Xuefu subsequently used her influence at Lu Group to overwork Su Jiu and make her serve as her assistant 10 11 12 14 16.

Following her engagement to Lu Zhiyan, Jiang Xuefu informed Chen Xi's fiancée of his encounter with Su Jiu, resulting in Su Jiu returning home injured. Jiang Xuefu remained unapologetic. Her own life ended comfortably: she had a daughter, used access to the child to restrain Madam Lu's hostility, and remained cherished by Lu Zhiyan until her death in her seventies 17 18 19.

The Heartless, Cheating Scumbag Woman in a Female-Dominated World

Born into a poor rural family, Jiang Xuefu attended university with student loans and worked part-time at a hotpot restaurant. She met Rong Chao in their sophomore year after returning his forgotten bag. During their relationship, she had an affair with her mentor, Yi Chen; Rong Chao forgave her and anonymously exposed Yi Chen, who lost his university position 20 21.

After graduation, Jiang Xuefu married Rong Chao and built a successful career in City A. Within five years, she advanced from a junior employee to general manager of a publicly listed company, earning one million annually. The marriage remained childless because Rong Chao's reproductive cells could not form a viable match with hers, drawing criticism from her father, Liu He 20 21.

Despite Rong Chao's trust, Jiang Xuefu maintained other lovers, including her intern Meng Yun. She also owned a city-center apartment where she had housed several young lovers. When conflict between Rong Chao and her parents intensified, she left with her parents, withheld contact from Rong Chao's family, and accepted Chen Yu's advances after Liu He sent him into her bedroom 20 26 28 30.

Following her divorce, she moved in with Chen Yu and discussed reproductive matching with him. Rong Chao's older brother, Rong Feng, also confessed his love and pursued her despite his family's objections 32 33.

Her tutoring arrangement with Xie Ning developed into another relationship after he secretly gave her an aphrodisiac. She later discovered that his father—and her employer—Xie Jinhua had impersonated him. Although angered by the deception, she reconsidered rejecting Xie Jinhua because of his wealth and ultimately allowed both men to remain with her 24 35 37 39.

Xu Zhu, Rong Chao's new wife, framed Jiang Xuefu for stealing corporate trade secrets. Xie Jinhua returned from Switzerland and secured her release the same night; Xu Zhu was subsequently arrested over the theft. Xie Jinhua handed company affairs to Jiang Xuefu, who decided against remarrying. By her death at eighty, she was Hua Country's wealthiest person, surrounded by descendants, and the Jiang family had become the country's largest family 38 39 40.

The Pampered Impostor Princess

Jiang Xuefu began life as a nameless beggar who survived through begging and petty theft. A fortune-teller named her at four. Soon afterward, Qi Jingshu rescued her from a beating and adopted her, discovering that she shared the same spoken name as the Jiang family's biological daughter. Qi Jingshu called the adopted girl Fu'er and her biological daughter Xue'er to distinguish them 41.

When attackers slaughtered the Jiang household the following year, Qi Jingshu entrusted Fu'er with a bundle and told her to find Xue'er and seek Lord Ling in the capital. Fu'er escaped through a hidden opening in the city wall, discovered valuable jewelry and letters in the bundle, and chose to keep them rather than find her adoptive sister 41.

A jade pendant led the Jimo family to connect her with Qi Jingshu. Jiang Xuefu claimed to be Qi Jingshu's daughter and then learned that her adoptive mother was the emperor's elder sister. Though frightened by the consequences of deceiving the emperor, she chose the prospect of imperial wealth over confessing 43 44.

After staying with the Jimo family in Jade City, she entered the palace and received exceptional favor, a princess's title, and residence in the Splendid Palace. She requested a name change to distance herself from the reminder of her stolen identity. She also established her own birthday, persuading the emperor that the official record had been mistaken 45 46.

At her seventh-birthday lantern festival, Jiang Xuefu spotted Xue'er alive in the crowd. She ordered her shadow guard Bai Zhou to abduct Xue'er and Wang Xiaolu, poisoned both captives, disfigured Xue'er, and ordered their deaths. Xue'er escaped by jumping from a cliff; Jiang Xuefu punished Bai Zhou for the failure and demanded that he find her 46 47.

Nine years later, Jiang Xuefu underwent an elaborate coming-of-age ceremony led by the empress. She had also abducted the blind, white-haired physician Xu Jingwu and installed him in a separate residence because his appearance fascinated her. Meanwhile, Xue'er—now Wang Xue, a trained disciple of a medical immortal—returned to seek revenge 48.

Jiang Xuefu refused to become anyone's wife, preferring the freedom of her position as Princess Fu'an. Ling Chengfeng responded by offering to become her husband instead. At a later imperial gathering, she took a dislike to the veiled Wang Xue and pressed her to reveal her scarred face publicly 49 50.

Appearance

• Hair and eyes: Long, glossy black hair, dark brows, and bright almond-shaped eyes; she initially wears her hair in a high ponytail 1.
• Complexion and features: Pale, delicate skin and vivid red lips, with features repeatedly described as combining innocence and seductiveness 1 2 11.
• Build: A slender waist and long legs; after four years abroad, her appearance is described as more mature and curvaceous 3 11.
• Styling: Her outfits include a little black dress with a burgundy hair ribbon, a fitted floral dress, and carefully chosen makeup 3 11 15.
• Scent: A gardenia fragrance accompanies her in multiple worlds 12 30 49.
• Reputation: In the princess world, she is regarded as Dachang's greatest beauty 50.

Personality

Jiang Xuefu is vain, pleasure-loving, and highly conscious of her attractiveness. She enjoys admiration, luxurious surroundings, food, gifts, and a comfortable life. Her confidence in her beauty is so pronounced that rejection can increase her interest rather than discourage her 9 12 15 45 49.

Her charm coexists with calculated cruelty. She behaves affectionately toward family members and admirers while bullying people who lack protection. Her resentment of Su Jiu is explicitly possessive: things become more interesting to her because they belong to her stepsister. In the princess world, she treats exposure of her assumed identity as sufficient reason to kill her former family 1 6 11 47.

She is opportunistic rather than blindly confrontational. She retreats when Su Jiu threatens to injure her, relies on powerful protectors, and invokes the Xie family's standing when challenged by Xu Zhu. Money also shapes her romantic decisions: she considers marriage's financial benefits and reconsiders Xie Jinhua partly because accepting him could bring control of his family's wealth 9 15 37.

Jiang Xuefu strongly dislikes losing control or being manipulated, despite routinely manipulating others. Her preferred relationships leave her free to follow her desires: after divorcing Rong Chao, she rejects remarriage, while Princess Fu'an refuses a conventional marriage that would subject her to a husband's household 37 39 49.

Abilities & Skills

Charm and Social Manipulation

• Quickly gains enough school popularity to join the student council within a week of transferring 2.
• Uses affectionate speech and an agreeable public manner to win over Su Jing, company staff, and members of the imperial household 1 11 45.
• Can produce tears on demand; her childhood experience begging taught her which expressions elicit adult sympathy 42.
• Her charm is not universally effective: Madam Lu rejects her after witnessing her cruelty, and Jiang Huaiyu repeatedly resists her advances 8 12.

Business and Management

• Rises from junior employee to general manager within five years of graduation 20.
• Receives control of Xie Corporation's affairs from Xie Jinhua 39.
• Eventually holds the highest personal wealth in Hua Country 40.

Mathematics Tutoring

• Accepts Xie Jinhua's offer to tutor his son in advanced mathematics once a week for one million per month 24.
• Reviews Xie Ning's preparation and explains material he has struggled with despite retaking the course 24 30.

Street Survival

• Learns begging, petty theft, and deception during her early childhood in the princess world 41 44.
• Escapes a guarded city gate by remembering a concealed hole in the wall from her begging days 41.
• Recognizes when resistance is unsafe and adapts her behavior to the power of the people around her 41 42.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Burgundy hair ribbon — Worn to the student gathering; Lu Zhiyan later keeps it wrapped around his wrist 3 4.
• Jewelry bundle and jade pendant — Entrusted to her by Qi Jingshu; the pendant enables her recognition by the Jimo family and supports her assumed identity 41 43.
• Dagger — Used to disfigure Xue'er after her abduction 47.
• Black poison pills — Administered to Xue'er and Wang Xiaolu. Jiang Xuefu claims they have no antidote and cause loss of speech, weakness, and recurring pain on the fifteenth of each month 47.
• Six shadow guards — Granted by the emperor and led by Bai Zhou, who answers directly to her 47.
• Gold cloud-and-phoenix hairpin — Made over two months by the Ministry of Works and placed in her hair by the empress during her coming-of-age ceremony 48.

Relationships

Stepsister World

• Jiang Sheng — Father and enabler; his indulgence and influence over the household protect her from consequences 2 5.
• Su Jing — Stepmother, addressed as “Aunt Su”; genuinely cherishes Jiang Xuefu as her own daughter 1 11.
• Su Jiu — Stepsister and longstanding target of jealousy, academic sabotage, confinement, and workplace harassment 1 6 16.
• Lu Zhiyan — Lover and eventual husband; remains devoted despite knowing of her threats against Su Jiu 6 19.
• Madam Lu — Mother-in-law; initially opposes the relationship but later moderates her behavior to retain access to her granddaughter 8 19.
• Jiang Huaiyu — Su Jiu's boyfriend and an attempted romantic conquest; rejects Jiang Xuefu openly while developing conflicted feelings 12 14.
• Yang Shen — Admirer who repeatedly assumes Su Jiu has wronged Jiang Xuefu 11 13.

Female-Dominated World

• Rong Chao — First husband; repeatedly forgives her before their divorce. Later recovers lost memories when she identifies him as her ex-husband 21 32 39.
• Rong Feng — Rong Chao's older brother; pursues her against his parents' wishes and accompanies her abroad 32 33 34.
• Jiang Yinghua and Liu He — Parents; spoiled her despite their poverty. Liu He pressures her marriage over its lack of children and encourages Chen Yu to approach her 21 28.
• Meng Yun — Intern and lover whose lipstick arouses Rong Chao's suspicion 20.
• Yi Chen — University mentor and former affair partner, dismissed after Rong Chao exposes him 21.
• Chen Yu — Lover and post-divorce cohabiting partner; considered for reproductive matching 28 32.
• Xie Jinhua — Employer and lover; protects her during the trade-secret investigation and entrusts her with company affairs 37 38 39.
• Xie Ning — Tutoring student who becomes romantically involved with her after drugging her 24 35.
• Xu Zhu — Rong Chao's second wife and business adversary; frames Jiang Xuefu for theft before being arrested herself 34 38 39.

Impostor-Princess World

• Qi Jingshu — Adoptive mother and rescuer; her royal background becomes the basis of Jiang Xuefu's false identity 41 44.
• Xue'er / Wang Xue — Adoptive sister and the biological daughter whose identity she takes; survives Jiang Xuefu's murder attempt and returns seeking revenge 41 47 48.
• Qi Yuan — Emperor and supposed maternal uncle; grants her exceptional favor, wealth, protection, and privileges 43 45 46 47.
• Jimo Cheng — Early protector who welcomes her into his household and promises to defend her 43 45.
• Jimo Chi — Childhood companion who insists she attend lessons; sends annual birthday presents and reunites with her after eleven years 45 49.
• Qi Mujing — Crown prince, addressed as “Crown Prince Brother”; treats her indulgently 46 47.
• Ling Chengfeng — Childhood companion and romantic pursuer; offers to become Princess Fu'an's husband rather than require her to become Madam Ling 49.
• Bai Zhou — Leader of her shadow guards; carries out her abduction orders and is punished after Xue'er escapes 47.
• Xu Jingwu — Blind physician abducted because she admires his appearance; kept as her male favorite, though she initially spends their visits listening to his music and stories 48.

Notable Quotes

“Heh, your very existence offends me.” 8

“Ling Chengfeng, I won't marry. Princess Fu'an will never become anyone's wife.” 49