I Became a Fake Heiress, Cut Ties, Emptied the Marquis's Estate, and Went to Farm

[Fake Heiress + Farming + Business + Face-Slapping + Crushing Villains + Spatial Realm]

“Wildfire,” an S-rank hunter in the apocalypse, dies in the final battle and wakes up in the body of Gu Yao, the “fake heiress” of the Yongchang Marquis's household in the Great Sheng Dynasty. For sixteen years, the marquis's household has treated her like a blood bank. Now they're about to throw her out and marry her off to Yan Chongde, a powerful minister in his sixties.

With only seven days until the wedding, Shen Zhaoning uses the apocalyptic spatial realm that came with her transmigration to quietly sell off the family's assets on a countdown, turn their people against them, and stir up public outrage over an imperial examination cheating scheme and a salt permit scandal. Using evidence of the marquis's household's crimes, she blackmails them into severing ties, stripping the family bare within seven days.

After cutting ties, Shen Zhaoning establishes her own household as an orphan and sets off north.

On the way, she saves the Prince of Yan's heir, who has been poisoned and is near death, and “takes him in” after using spiritual liquid to keep him alive.

Drawing on her foresight into the course of Great Sheng's history, she knows the young emperor is about to strip the vassal princes of their power, plunging the realm into chaos.

She lays the groundwork early for a commercial empire in the north, establishing the Tangji Trading House and securing a foothold in five vital industries: salt, iron, grain, cloth, and tea.

The two begin by exchanging favors, then gradually grow closer through business rivalries, war, and political maneuvering, ultimately joining hands to build a commercial empire for a new Great Sheng dynasty.