Once She’d Made Enough Money, the Prime Minister’s Wife Packed Up and Ran

[Historical Fantasy + Two Powerful Leads + Political Schemes + Making Money + Slow Burn + Marriage First, Love Later + Ensemble Cast + face-slapping and Crushing Scumbags + play the pig to eat the tiger]

The foolish legitimate daughter of the Xie family of the Marquis of Zhennan's residence is betrothed by imperial decree to the all-powerful Chancellor of the Great Yan dynasty.

One day, a sparrow lands in a phoenix's nest, and her nature changes completely. Not only does she remain foolish, she also becomes obsessed with money.

The imperial court is weak, powerful clans vie for influence, and undercurrents churn among the factions. A storm is brewing.

Xie Xihe goes to great lengths to marry into the Chancellor's residence, all so she can shelter beneath a powerful patron. She intends to use the Chancellor's influence to support her secret businesses, giving the Marquis of Zhennan's residence, which commands a mighty army, the means to protect itself!

Her plan is going perfectly, until the day after she enters the residence, when her mother-in-law dumps the entire household ledger in her lap and leaves without even lifting a sleeve.

Xie Xihe becomes one of only two masters in the vast Chancellor's residence.

Oh, wait. Her mother-in-law also left her a little carrot-top to discipline.

But this little carrot-top, rumored to be a little devil, is soft and sweet around her, and always worries that someone will beat her up?

Xie Xihe had only planned to make money. She never expected that the capital's deep waters would conceal so many formidable figures.

Despite her utmost caution, she still can't hide the truth from the Chancellor. When the act becomes impossible to keep up, she decides to lay everything on the table.

“You want peace and prosperity throughout the realm, and I want peace in the southern lands. Though our goals differ, we ultimately seek the same thing.”

From then on, the two become allies.

They promote the civil service examinations, reform the official system, cut taxes, hunt down spies, purge the court, open the bureaucracy to women, and avenge old blood debts.

Just as her ventures continue to expand, the Emperor suddenly dies, and the situation in the capital takes a drastic turn.

With her little treasury nearly full, Xie Xihe makes a run for it.

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Looking at the army assembled below the city walls and the handsome, imposing man at its head, Xie Xihe puts on a false smile.

“Husband, how have you been?”