Huo Zhu gazed at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle. Damn you, heavens, why did you make me transmigrate into a novel? If I had to transmigrate, couldn't you at least have given me a normal plot?! (Flips the heavens off at a ninety-degree angle.)
In the story, she's the legitimate daughter of the Marquis's household. Fine, fine, at least she's a young lady from a distinguished family. But couldn't they have given her a normal body? Huo Zhu looked at her uncoordinated limbs and flipped the sky the bird!
In the story, her own biological brother acts as if he's been bewitched, entangled in a passionate relationship with the heroine. Everyone else is just an obstacle to their intimacy. As his younger sister, she has a physical disability, so she's practically invisible to him!
Since she's here, she might as well make the best of it. Huo Zhu works hard to recover and make money, planning to run away when the plot comes for her!
It's not that she lacks empathy. Ha, she really does. She's just a transmigrator who stumbled into a book, so what feelings could she possibly have for the people in the Marquis's household? She's not cold-blooded; she just knows all too well how powerful the plot can be. A minor cannon-fodder character like her can't change it. Besides, with this broken body, she can barely take care of herself. If she fights the plot too, won't she end up dying young, just like the original owner did in her previous life? Better to live badly than die well. She doesn't want to die!
Just as Huo Zhu was huffing and puffing through her rehabilitation, a flash of white light suddenly appeared in the sky, and a sky screen descended, shattering her "beautiful dream"!
"What? The disabled younger sister of the Marquis Zhongyong's household will go down in history as the greatest female sage of all time?"
Beneath the sky screen, everyone was stunned.
"What? The female sage will discover crops that yield thousands of jin per mu, and, by improving farming tools and enriching the soil, reduce labor and increase grain production?"
Beneath the sky screen, the common people chattered excitedly, hoping the female sage would appear soon.
"What? She'll also declare, 'When the realm falls, everyone is responsible, but a nation's downfall is the responsibility of those who feast on its wealth!' She'll make clear the rights and duties of every social class."
The noble families and powerful clans cursed her, while scholars from humble backgrounds and the common people nodded in agreement. Exactly. Those nobles enjoy their privileges, so they should fulfill their duties too.
The sky screen continued to praise her, but Huo Zhu was getting chills. Was she really that "outrageous, and defying the natural order"? Wouldn't someone who said that be put on the powerful classes' death list even in modern times, let alone in ancient times? The Huo Zhu in the sky screen had the same name as her, right? Heh, surely she did? The Marquis Zhongyong's household, a disabled legitimate daughter, named Huo Zhu. Damn you, heavens, I'm going to fight you!
Theme: An era when everyone can afford meat and education, and the greatest female sage of all time is born!