[Famine migration and survival + portable bathtub space + treacherous minister male lead reborn + mildly satisfying story + light ensemble cast]
Wen Wan, an overworked office drone who'd spent two months doing overtime, finally won a vacation package to a tourist destination. She died suddenly while soaking in the bathtub of a five-star hotel.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself transmigrated to the Great Famine and turmoil of the Jing Dynasty, as the short-lived first wife of Song Yan, a future treacherous minister.
The history books said Song Yan was born into poverty. On the road fleeing famine, he was sold into the palace and castrated, but was never a true eunuch.
He attached himself to the crown prince, helped the new emperor, and ruled the court with ruthless methods.
His first wife, along with his family, had all starved to death while fleeing famine.
Without his family holding him back, Song Yan was able to head north to the capital without a care in the world and embark on his path to power as a treacherous minister who controlled the realm.
When she arrived, the original body was about to be sold by her maternal family. Song Yan's mother offered three jin of coarse rice in exchange for the fourteen-year-old girl as Song Yan's wife.
In a year of turmoil and famine, with no matchmaker or betrothal gifts, they exchanged grain for a person, hand to hand.
The whole village was about to flee together. The road ahead was long, and corpses from starvation lay everywhere.
Fortunately, transmigrating came with a golden finger: she brought the hotel bathtub with her!
The bathtub in her mental space could produce an endless supply of clean tap water, with the temperature adjustable from hot to cold.
Even in an age of scant food and clothing and constant upheaval,
she still cherished her life and wanted to do everything she could to survive...
She absolutely would not starve to death on the road fleeing famine, as the history books claimed!