Shen Hanxing transmigrates into the body of a concubine-born daughter in the Shen household. Her mother is lowborn, and her twin baby brothers are still nursing. According to the rules of the household-intrigue genre, she should be fighting for favor, making a marriage alliance, and scrambling for scraps.
But she refuses.
Her legitimate-born stepmother scoffs, “A concubine’s children have no business talking to me about fairness.”
Shen Hanxing agrees, then uses all her savings to buy a rundown estate outside the capital that everyone avoids.
Everyone waits to see her make a fool of herself, but instead she builds irrigation channels, cultivates new crops, opens workshops, and develops trade...
The once-barren land becomes a paradise, drawing wonder and admiration from everyone in the capital.
Then one day, a troop of black-armored soldiers bristling with murderous intent arrives outside the estate. The marquis at their head, renowned throughout the court, looks at her granaries full of new crops and demands coldly, “Where did you learn such a way to benefit the people?”
Shen Hanxing shields her younger brothers behind her and smiles faintly. “Marquis, would you like to work together? You provide the technology, and we split the profits fifty-fifty.”
