The First-Rank Merchant's Wife

Fate is mysterious; though both perished by drowning, the heavens granted her a second life, but in a strange and different world. While fighting for survival within the walls of a deep, grand manor, she encountered him—the man who would support her through life and death, sharing both fortune and woe. While laboring through painstaking efforts amidst the schemes of emperors and power, she met him—the man who shared her plight, yet remained cold and aloof. But her love in her previous life had been too deep and her wounds too heavy; in this life, she was beyond her own control, her heart already turned to ash, devoid of emotion or tears. How could she ever return anyone's affection? Amassing the power of the world and seizing the wealth of Huaxia, she thought she could live a life of leisure, one person against the world. Yet, how could she have known that the schemes of Shennong and Xuanyuan, the destiny of the Nine Provinces, the welfare of the common people, and the rise and fall of the Yan and Huang dynasties would all fall upon her shoulders? Since the heavens have granted her this second chance at life, she shall repay the heavens with a debt of gratitude. It is only that fool—how could he be so willing to offer himself up to block my heavenly tribulations and my destiny? Xiao Bai Gou Chen invites you!