With a Dowry Fit for a Princess, the Mistress Kicked Out Her Jerk and Married a Treacherous Official

[Traditional historical domestic power struggles + a reborn heroine who gets even and makes her enemies suffer + a satisfying story of building a career]

Shen Zhiyuan was the daughter of Jiangnan’s richest man. She married down to a poor scholar, using her entire clan’s resources to support his civil service exams, cultivate connections, and secure him a sixth-rank official post.

She thought her husband loved her and her mother-in-law cared for her. Her only regret was that after they moved to the capital, she had been bedridden for years and had never borne her husband a child. Fortunately, her husband married his cousin, Liu, so the Gu family would have an heir.

It was only when her parents fell gravely ill and she returned to Jiangnan to visit them that her husband attacked her on the road, wielding his blade with such cruelty that he seemed intent on chopping her into a mound of flesh!

Only then did Shen Zhiyuan understand that the happy marriage she had believed in was nothing but a scheme.

Reborn, Shen Zhiyuan makes everyone who wronged her in her previous life pay, one by one.

Her mother-in-law craves comfort, so Shen Zhiyuan dismisses the maids and servants, leaving her to eat only plain porridge and simple dishes every day.

Her cousin tries to take over her place in the household, so Shen Zhiyuan schemes to make her miscarry, become a concubine, endure endless torment, and die full of resentment.

Her husband dreams of rising to power, so Shen Zhiyuan lays a trap that ruins Gu Huai’an’s path to success.

By the time Gu Huai’an realizes what has happened, not a single person in the vast Gu household is left for him to rely on.

“My dear, you’re all I have.”

Shen Zhiyuan only smiles faintly and hands him a letter of separation. “I’m sorry, but the Gu family is no longer worthy of me.”

The scoundrel throws a tantrum and refuses to separate, but the treacherous minister everyone talks about arrives at the Gu residence.

“Separation... or death. You choose!”