[Fake and real heiresses + System space + exile + marriage first, love later + farming + cuisine + building wealth + political intrigue + women in power]
[Not a pure wish-fulfillment story. No rebirth. The heroine goes from being a pawn to casting off the constraints of a patriarchal society and taking her place at court. Her personality changes gradually, and the hero appears a little later. This is not an exile story from the start. The setting is a fictional era, and the place names and ethnic groups in the story are inspired by fictional creations, with no offense intended. Please check the content warnings in advance.]
Ye Wantang married a rooster in a wedding ceremony, becoming the laughingstock of Chang'an. Everyone praised the Ye family for keeping their word, unaware that she was merely a pawn the Chancellor's household used to earn a good reputation.
On the day she returned to her parents' home, she stumbled upon the truth about her birth. The real heiress knelt before their parents, weeping, while her elder brother sneered, "You occupied another girl's place and enjoyed the Chancellor's household's wealth and prestige for all these years. How dare you give Wanyu the cold shoulder?"
A letter severing family ties was flung in her face, and in an instant, the fake heiress became a discarded pawn. Everyone lamented that all the grown men of the Nangong family had died, leaving only a five-year-old child. But they didn't know that the God of War, her "deceased" husband, had suddenly returned.
Caught in the struggle for imperial power, the Nangong family was framed and exiled. Ye Wantang emptied the Chancellor's residence and protected the whole family, young and old, as well as her disabled husband, on the bitterly cold road.
When she returned to Chang'an, she had already become someone the Ye family could only look up to. Her father and brothers beat their chests and regretted everything, but it was too late.
