The Scheming Mercenary Princess

She is a sharp-witted, scheming mercenary who transmigrates into the body of the timid legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Anding's household. She roots out traitors, punishes evildoers, and cleans house. The original owner was the Marquis's only orphaned heir. Her grandmother showed her no affection, her uncle was greedy, and her cousin was a venomous snake. The whole family were ravenous beasts, coveting her home and plotting to kill her. Framed for adultery and thrown into a pig cage to be drowned, the once-noble eldest daughter of the Marquis of Anding became the laughingstock of the streets, her reputation in tatters.

They enjoyed the wealth and happiness she provided and benefited from her kindness, yet repaid her with such utter cruelty. Fine! Very well! Everything you took from me, you'll spit back out! You think that if you trample me into the dirt, I'll never rise again? At the Lantern Festival banquet, she dazzles everyone with her talent, setting the whole muddy river into turmoil.

He is the noble eldest grandson of the emperor, but also a sickly invalid with little time left, a whetstone in the struggle for imperial power. He has power but no life to enjoy it; she has a life, but is constrained at every turn. A woman pursuing a man is a desperate ploy to begin with. She never expected to take one wrong step and become hopelessly entangled, forced to maneuver carefully and scheme at every turn!