She had barely signed the divorce agreement when an imperial decree ordering the confiscation of the marquis's estate came crashing down upon them.
Lu Manman had transmigrated into a novel as a villainous ex-wife who wouldn't survive three chapters: she poisoned and disfigured the heir, ran off with the family's money, and was eventually pushed into a deep pool by her lover.
Since their divorce hadn't yet been entered into the official records, she still had to go with the Li family into exile in the north.
Fortunately, her farming dimension had awakened. Its rich black soil could nurture fine crops, and its clear spring water could heal the sick and injured.
While everyone else expected them to starve to death, she led her former husband in digging cisterns, reclaiming wasteland, and growing fields of golden grain across the hills.
When the escort guards tried to steal their grain, she made them face justice in public.
When the local gentry cut off their water, she brought a dry river back to life.
When the powerful tried to force her to her knees with famine, she sent grain to feed the northern army instead.
Li Changning regained command of the Black Armor Army and tore up their divorce agreement in a red-eyed rage.
She simply closed her ledger. “If you want to get back together, start as a hired hand.”
But when the new harvest was finally stored away, she discovered that the original owner's death hid the real secret behind the Li family's exile...
