Spring in the Ledger

Set in an alternate Northern Song dynasty. From childhood, Su Linghui, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Su family, helped her father keep accounts and transcribe records of dowries and sacrificial lands. Her father was stripped of office over an old case involving relief rice, and the family divided its property. She used the legal provisions in her marriage contract to protect her dowry lands, then followed an old ledger with half a page torn out to investigate the case. She married Shen Yan, a scion of an old marquis's household who had given up his hereditary privilege to sit the civil service examinations, under a marriage contract drawn up with mutual consent. Their relationship grew from a contract into a genuine partnership. After their marriage, she used her skills in household management, charitable estates, schools, and genealogies to solve one crisis after another, restoring both families' standing. In the end, she became the mistress of a marquis's household and received a title as a member of the imperial nobility. 1v1 romance, with a focus on careers. No transmigration or rebirth.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.