The laid-back Cui Lingjia transmigrated into the body of a powerless orphan girl. She worked day and night sewing and operating a loom, barely managing to support herself, yet the clan head still planned to sell her off in a political marriage.
A Sweet Wife System appeared, offering a starter gift pack: a discerning eye for spotting promising prospects, chicken bouillon to make food taste better, a magical iron that kept clothes looking brand-new, and a lucky-wife constitution that helped her other half rise through the ranks.
Cui Lingjia finally couldn't hold it in anymore. She hid under the covers and burst into tears. Waaaah, she wanted to go home. She wanted to bury herself in books. Whoever wanted to be this sweet wife could do it themselves. She didn't want to cook and do laundry every day!
Cui Lingjia was utterly despondent. She wanted to jump into a river, but the water was too cold. She wanted to hang herself, but even standing on a stool she couldn't reach the beam.
Waaaah, why was even dying so hard!
Just as Cui Lingjia had lost all hope, a voice drifted over: "Odd functions stay the same?"
Cui Lingjia shuddered and whipped around. "Signs depend on the quadrant?"
Cui Lingjia's eyes were blurred with tears. She looked closely and saw that the transmigrator who had answered the code phrase was none other than her best friend from her previous life, Weng Ning!
Unlike Cui Lingjia, Weng Ning was a driven top student who had ranked first in her year for as long as anyone could remember. She could pass the imperial exams with her literary skills and develop firearms with her martial prowess. Hybrid rice, glass, cement, the spinning jenny: she could make them all with ease.
Thanks to her extraordinary talents, Weng Ning had already won the trust of the Princess Who Guards the Nation and become her most powerful ally in the struggle for the throne.
Cui Lingjia watched as Weng Ning gave an order, and the clan head, who had always threatened to sell her to some old man, was dragged away by a group of burly guards.
Cui Lingjia wiped her tears and looked at the trembling Sweet Wife System.
"Reporting in! I have one more thing to say!"
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In the princess's name, Weng Ning hosted a banquet for all the noble young men in the capital.
Cui Lingjia used the discerning eye from her System gift pack and spotted a promising prospect shining among the crowd.
Weng Ning: "Your Highness, this man is plotting rebellion!"
Cui Lingjia: "!" How could she tell?
At the princess's command, the promising prospect was arrested. The search turned up ten thousand taels of gold, more than a thousand private soldiers, and countless weapons.
Cui Lingjia: "!!" He really was plotting rebellion!
Princess: "Cui Lingjia has rendered great service to the state. She shall be named the Holy Maiden Who Protects the Nation."
Cui Lingjia: "!!!"
Looking at the rest of her starter gift pack, Cui Lingjia turned her sorrow into joy.
Theme: People must strive to take control of their own destinies.
