The Little Sweetheart of the Lame Marquis

In her previous life, Su Shan roamed the martial world and earned her money through blood and sweat. She had planned to take her little nest egg and leave the mortal world behind, settling down to a happy, lazy life! Who could have guessed that casually saving a poor little kid would cost her her life? One careless moment, and she was reborn as the youngest illegitimate daughter of a Minister of Justice. Wait, who am I? Where am I? Wait, when did you all grow up by eighteen years? Wait, His Majesty has decreed that I marry that marquis who was crippled in battle? - She can fight on the battlefield, cook in the kitchen, win a brawl, and give people a piece of her mind. One-legged Marquis, hurry up and take your sweetie home! A scatterbrained, sharp-tongued heroine who loves money and values her life x a steady-as-a-rock hero who plays the pig to eat the tiger Marquis: I caught my wife sneaking into the bamboo grove behind the house every morning to practice martial arts ←_← Her: I caught a certain disabled guy leaping around the house →_→ This is the story of a reborn martial-world woman who chews out obnoxious little jerks, cultivates her inner strength, regains the peak of her abilities, discovers why she was targeted, gets herself well-fed and plump, watches the capital's power struggle over the throne, and finally elopes with the marquis back to the martial world. Please note: The hero is not actually disabled in both legs. He gets better later. Told from the heroine's point of view. No palace intrigue or household battles. Political scheming takes up at most one percent. The rest is all sweet fluff. Set in an alternate history. The court institutions are made up, so don't try to fact-check them. A light read for after meals. One-on-one romance, happy ending. Reading guide: Since the early plot moves slowly, you can start with Volume Two or Three. Also: Won't you click into my author page and support this hardworking, sweet, and adorable trash author? Upcoming story: Transmigrate into a Book to Fight for My Life. Please add it to your reading list. In the twenty-second year of Tianyuan, Emperor Jing had no sons, leaving the position of heir vacant. He therefore issued an imperial decree summoning members of the Qi clan's collateral branches to the capital. Those of excellent character and outstanding ability would have a chance to be named crown prince. The collateral descendants of the Qi royal clan did everything they could to win the emperor's favor. Gu Shanshan transmigrated into a novel full of arrogant chosen-one vibes, inexplicably becoming a cannon-fodder supporting character who looked down on and bullied the male lead. She was also frail and sickly, destined not to live past twenty-five! To stay alive, she decided to cling tightly to the male lead. But then she clung to him a little too tightly. In the first year of Qiming, the new emperor was tyrannical and inscrutable. The prime minister read the situation and acted decisively, marrying off his adopted daughter. Gu Wan: ??? No, Dad, I want to keep struggling a little longer! Years later, the retired prime minister said,