She'd only made a passing comment, but somehow she transmigrated into a book about a real and fake heiress, becoming the male lead's cannon-fodder ex-wife: a brainless supporting character who was fiercely possessive and protective. Her purpose was to push the romance between the male and female leads forward.
The book skipped six years in a single page turn. During that time, the male lead's hatred for her had reached its limit, yet he never said what she had done wrong. Since she hadn't committed any serious mistakes yet, she still had to cling to his coattails. She was determined to take advantage of the Shen family's influence.
As long as she had food and a roof over her head and her powerful backer remained standing, she'd protect her husband's family even if it meant being an ungrateful wretch. She'd also raise the male and female leads like her own children and let them enjoy a childhood sweetheart romance ahead of schedule. Otherwise, she'd feel guilty.
At last, the female lead began to fall in love, and she was ready to help the couple get together. But the male lead started looking at her more and more strangely. It turned out he was reborn.
So what if he was reborn? He actually had the nerve to say he didn't want to be a heartless man. If she hadn't transmigrated into a book, she might have been fooled by him. She wasn't pretending anymore. She was coming clean: just be the male lead you're supposed to be, and don't get in the way of my farming.
She gathered herbs and cultivated crops. She'd only developed thirty-eight of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, so she was busy. She was so busy she hadn't noticed that rumors of her miraculous remedies had already spread far and wide, making her a target.
Her: You want to arrest me? Better ask the thirty-eight stockades if they agree.
Villain: You rabble want to rebel!
The miraculous physician reborn: You know perfectly well who they're rebelling against. Try laying a hand on them and see what happens.
Up-and-coming young general: My benefactor's going to prison? I'm going to protect her.
Newly minted top scholar: I have the imperial sword here. Who dares make trouble?
Villain: It's over. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
The writing is good, the characters are cleared up, and the ending is reasonable, but I can't accept this ending, sob sob sob.