The Marquis's Mansion's Real Daughter, a Disposable Extra

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I transmigrated into ancient times and lived through famine, war, my husband's death, and a series of other crises.

Qin Shu persevered and made it to the age of thirty.

Then she suddenly realized she might have transmigrated into a book. She was actually the real daughter of the Marquis's household, switched at birth.

The good news: Her family was powerful and wealthy, and she would have everything she needed once she went home.

The bad news: If she went back, she'd drop dead.

Thirty years had passed. The fake daughter switched with her back then had long since gained power and influence, and was now the Crown Princess. In a couple of years, she'd be Empress.

As for Qin Shu, she was just an unremarkable country widow. Crushing her would be as easy as crushing an ant.

In the original book, she died on the road to the capital just like that, with barely a fuss.

After her death, one of her children betrayed their true feelings and married into the imperial harem out of spite, dying in childbirth at a young age. The other did nothing but evil, presenting a gentle face while committing wicked deeds, and died without a whole corpse.

Thinking of what happened in the book, Qin Shu stood in front of her pigsty, looking at its ten fat pigs and her twenty mu of good farmland. She slapped each of her two little troublemakers once, then waved her hand decisively.

We're moving. We absolutely have to move.

Her universally loathed twins: Huh?

Like Mencius's mother moving house three times?

When the neighbors learned they were leaving, they wept tears of joy. "At last, at last they're gone!"

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By the time Sheng Xia realized she was a transmigrator, she had already spent twenty-five years living in ancient times.

She had been married for ten years and had sons and daughters.

Her family had a house, a mule cart, fifty mu of good farmland, a small mountain, and a pond. They were fairly well-off small landlords by village standards.

But Sheng Xia couldn't bring herself to be happy. She rubbed her forehead and looked out the window.

In the spacious courtyard, seven little gourd dolls were running around like wild dogs, while her handsome scholar husband looked completely helpless.

Sheng Xia felt just as helpless.

She was only twenty-five.

Seven kids?

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Cheng Du was a well-known scholar in Xiao Cheng Village.

He passed the children's examination at fifteen and became a licentiate at nineteen. His future looked boundless, if only he hadn't married so young.

At nineteen, he took the provincial examination for the first time and placed in the middle ranks, with every chance of passing.

At twenty-one, he missed passing by two places because he had to care for two children with high fevers before the exam.

At twenty-four, his child caught smallpox, and he missed passing by one place.

At twenty-seven, Cheng Du looked at the dwindling farmland and the seven children of all ages in his home, then spoke to his wife about giving up the exams and teaching instead.

He thought his wife would surely be angry, but would understand.

After all, even if he stopped taking the exams, there were still seven children in the family who could take them in his place.

Unexpectedly, his wife just looked at him quietly, then pulled out from under the bed...

A box of silver ingots.

Cheng Du: !!!

Had he really driven his wife into becoming a bandit?

Theme: Love and hope can overcome anything