The Prime Minister's Wife Says She Only Wants to Break Off the Engagement and Make Money

Xue Caiyue transmigrated to an imaginary ancient world, where she became a young woman from a fallen family. Her parents had both died, she had no siblings, and her relatives were eyeing her inheritance. She did have a fiance, but when he tried to break off their engagement, the original owner, a troublemaker, flew into a rage and beat him so badly he couldn't get out of bed for half a month. And that fiance whom the original owner beat to a pulp, Wen Ya, has now made it big! Everyone at court knows that Chancellor Wen Ya wields power over the realm, is ruthless, and never lets a grudge go unanswered. Starting from the hardest difficulty, Xue Caiyue sticks to the principle of not meeting or provoking him. She keeps well away from her fiance and focuses on building her own business. Xue Caiyue has three goals in life: 1. Make a little money. 2. Break off the engagement. 3. Win over her business partner, Wen Heng, and then make even more money. * Wen Ya spent seven years climbing the ranks at court, helped the young emperor ascend the throne, and secured the position of chancellor, wielding power over the realm. People at court accuse him of exploiting the emperor's youth and controlling the court in the emperor's name, calling him a thoroughly corrupt chancellor. Wen Ya retaliates by taking down the most outspoken censor. Then he hears that his childhood betrothed has come to the capital and even started a business. So he poses as a wealthy merchant to see what Xue Caiyue is up to. The girl in front of him, once so spoiled and headstrong, doesn't recognize him at all. Instead, she flatters him and tries to get him to invest and join her business. Wen Ya remembers that beating from their youth all too well. He'll never forget it, not even on his deathbed. So Wen Ya smiles warmly and agrees. But his carefully planned revenge, repaying her blow for blow, ends up turning into nothing but a desire to pamper her with all his heart. One day Xue Caiyue: "A Heng, tell me, how can I break off my engagement properly without making the other person come after me for revenge?" As he watches the girl resting her chin in her hand, looking troubled, Wen Ya's writing hand comes to a halt. His gentle voice turns dark. "You want to break off the engagement?" Hearing his ominous tone, Xue Caiyue looks at him, baffled. "If I don't break it off... do you want me to marry that grudge-bearing Wen Ya?" Wen Ya: ...My sweet little fiancee wants to break off our engagement every day, then marry me. Wen Ya: Also, what does 'grudge-bearing' even mean? [Reading Guide] 1. Please don't nitpick historical details. 2. A scheming, sharp-tongued master chef with MAX-level skills and a smiling-tiger facade X a fair-skinned, beautiful, self-reliant foodie. 3. The male lead uses the alias Wen Heng to get close to the female lead. A Heng is what she calls him before his identity is revealed. 4. Because of the original owner's actions, the male lead trips up the female lead quite a bit at first. Later, he cherishes her above all else. Theme: Companionship is the longest-lasting confession of love.