The Treacherous Minister's Wife of Humble Origins

Jiang Chunyue accompanied Cheng Yuzhang through years of eating chaff and plain vegetables, yet less than four years after he placed second in the imperial examination, she died. After her death, her soul lodged itself in an inkstone in Commander Gu's study. She heard that her husband later became a powerful minister of his generation, manipulating the court at will—many called him a corrupt official and hated him to the bone. The more Jiang Chunyue heard, the more grateful she was that she had died early. Before she could feel smug, she was reborn—reborn back to the days when the corrupt official was still down and out. Looking askance at the young man in worn, tattered clothes inside th...