Reborn as the Fallen Crown Prince's Wicked, Down-and-Out Wife

Wen Ning transmigrates into a book and becomes a shrewish wife in ancient times, destined for a horrific death.

The original owner was promiscuous, stole the last of her scholar husband's travel money for the imperial exams, and planned to elope with the town butcher. Before leaving, she even drove her sick husband out of their thatched hut and forced him to gather herbs in the snowbound mountains. He eventually froze to death in a ruined temple.

The moment her husband breathed his last, the Imperial Guards thundered into town on horseback. Her husband turned out to be the crown prince, who had been traveling incognito when he was ambushed and left stranded. The emperor flew into a rage, had the original owner executed by slow slicing, and wiped out her entire clan.

Wen Ning touches her neck and decides to keep her head down, earn money, and divorce her husband.

She sends the butcher packing and makes medicine and meals for her husband every day. Pretending to have reformed and become devoted to him, she swears to serve him for all eternity. Gathering herbs in the snowy mountains would be suicide, so she rolls up her sleeves and sells tofu on the street to earn money!

Just as she saves enough to travel to Jiangnan, Wen Ning leaves a divorce agreement behind and hires a carriage to leave town.

The city gates are guarded by heavily armed soldiers. Her husband, who should be studying at home, is dressed in a black dragon robe. He lifts the carriage curtain and looks at her coldly. “Crown Princess, where do you think you’re going without me?”

He had recovered his memories long ago. He watched her put on an act, waiting for her to walk straight into a dead end of her own making.