I Take the Place of the Crown Prince Sent into Exile, Then Turn His Fief into a Construction Project

[Farming and development + business + a heroine’s growth + devoted couple + climbing to the pinnacle of power]

Lin Moxi transmigrates into this world only to be offered up by her family as a concubine to the Minister of Personnel. She takes matters into her own hands and marries the disgraced crown prince, who has been exiled, then travels with him to the wild lands of Lingnan.

While others are trapped in household rivalries and tangled romances, Lin Moxi has no interest in any of it.

She leaves the inner-courtyard squabbles behind and throws herself into building industry in Lingnan.

She clears and cultivates land, turns riverbanks into fertile fields, and grows sugarcane on a large scale.

She establishes workshops for sugar, paper, and soap, revitalizing the local economy.

She takes in and resettles displaced people, building thriving industries in this desolate land and steadily laying a solid foundation.

Bearing a terrible injustice, Xie Chengjing lies low in his fief, focused on plotting his return to power at court.

From testing and restraining each other, the two join forces to survive and build a vast enterprise together.

With her own abilities, Lin Moxi strikes a bargain with Xie Chengjing: after a year, he will set her free.

But the tides of Lingnan shift without warning. Time and again, the two face desperate situations side by side, joining forces to break through every impasse.

As unfamiliar strangers grow to trust each other, affection quietly takes root in their daily companionship and shared hardships. Xie Chengjing no longer wants to let her go.

After years of hard work, Lingnan transforms from a wasteland into a prosperous region, with flourishing industries and a thriving populace. Officials throughout the capital petition for the Prince of Lingnan to return and ascend the throne.

Xie Chengjing takes control of the realm and abandons the old system of three palaces and six courtyards. All he wants is for the woman who keeps her head down and builds industries in Lingnan to become his one and only empress.