Why is my husband a scheming mastermind?!

Of all the things to happen, I possessed the body of a stepmother who is destined to be killed by the villainous Duke Rakan after abusing the female lead—all just one month after being widowed. The only saving grace is that I haven't started piling up my bad karma yet! I vowed to quickly take the abused female lead and get the hell out of this filthy house! However... "I'm broke, homeless, and have no connections." According to Imperial law, there is only one way to take an adopted daughter with me. The only way is to remarry a man of higher status than myself. Just then, a handsome Marquis begins to seduce (?) me. "I am confident that I can hand over thirty-two bank accounts containi...