The Cannon Fodder Female Lead Just Wants to Lie Low Like a Fish (Transmigrate into a Book)

After working overtime through the night for three days straight, Lin Se felt her heart give a jolt. When she woke up again, she had entered a sweet historical romance novel called The Beloved Legitimate Daughter of the Prime Minister's Residence.

Unfortunately, Lin Se had transmigrated into the older sister of the heroine, Lin Zhiyao, a cannon-fodder supporting character.

Lin Zhiyao is a master of the arts, from music and chess to calligraphy and painting. Lin Se is so dull-witted she can barely recognize all the characters.

Lin Zhiyao is beautiful, kind, and strong. Lin Se is plump, wicked, and weak.

In short, she's the heroine's foil, born to show just how wonderful Lin Zhiyao is. Even her husband, the male lead's older brother, Prince Qin Li Qian, dies an innocent death while protecting the male lead.

In the latter half of the novel, the male lead ascends the throne, and Lin Zhiyao is named empress.

Grateful that Li Qian saved his life during the palace coup, the male lead sends a great many rewards to Prince Qin's household.

In theory, being rich and powerful with no children should make for a very happy life as a widow. But Lin Se grows jealous of Lin Zhiyao and sends her poisonous rouge.

In the end, the enraged emperor has Lin Se subjected to death by a thousand cuts, her bones ground to dust and thrown into a mass grave.

When Lin Se transmigrates into the novel, the story has already begun, and the palace coup is just over half a year away.

Having died from overwork in her previous life, Lin Se wants no part in all that trouble. She just wants to be a lazy fish basking in the sun, occasionally flipping over to tan evenly.

Who would have thought her bargain husband, Li Qian, would become the biggest obstacle on her road to a lazy life?

As the day of the palace coup draws closer, Lin Se has already prepared herself to become a widow. But who knew Li Qian, who dies young, is actually the biggest villain in the original novel's later chapters, with his heart set on rebellion?

Now that she and Li Qian are in the same boat, Lin Se has no choice but to dust off her modern skills and work diligently to earn money, supporting Li Qian in his ambitions. She only hopes that once he achieves his lifelong dream, he'll let her go.

On the day Li Qian ascends the throne, Lin Se packs her bags in advance, ready to leave after completing her part.

But Li Qian personally brings her an empress's ceremonial robes and says, "I offer you my empire as your dowry. Will you stay by my side until we grow old together?"

Lin Se has just one thought: Will she still be able to live like a lazy fish from now on?

Theme: As long as life goes on, keep striving.