Marrying the Sickly Senior Grand Secretary with a Farming System: Flirted With Every Day

Lu Zhaozhao, a shrewd businesswoman from the modern era, dies in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of a noblewoman in the novel Nongmen Huangfei. Bound to the 999 Farming System, she is tasked with preventing the blackened Villain from persecuting the male and female leads. The original plot dictates that she, the legitimate daughter of a fallen Marquis, marries the male lead, Jiang Yanxuan, only to die on her wedding night due to hardship. This tragedy allows the Koi Female Lead to marry the cursed male lead, eventually leading to his rise as Emperor and her ascension as Empress. However, upon arriving in Jiangjia Village, Lu Zhaozhao encounters Jiang Yanqing, the sickly eldest son of the Jiang family, who is identified by the system as the Villain with a malice value of 10,000 and an SSS danger level. Defying the system’s instructions, she chooses to marry him instead, driven by an immediate, intense attraction to his appearance and a rebellious desire to oppose the system’s mandates.

The Jiang family is deeply dysfunctional, governed by the greedy and malicious Old Lady Jiang, who favors the second son, Jiang Yanxuan, while exploiting and neglecting Jiang Yanqing. Despite his genius, which allowed him to pass the Xiucai examination at age twelve, his health has been ruined by lack of medicine and constant labor. Lu Zhaozhao quickly establishes dominance over her new in-laws. When Old Lady Jiang attempts to seize her dowry of one hundred taels of silver, Lu Zhaozhao threatens violence with a hairpin, forcing the old woman to retreat. She further asserts her authority by exposing the family’s hypocrisy to the neighbors, revealing that Jiang Yanqing’s stipend has been stolen to fund his brother’s education. When the silver disappears from her jewelry box, she orchestrates a public confrontation that results in Old Lady Jiang being forced to write an IOU for the missing money.

As Lu Zhaozhao navigates her new life, she activates the 999 Farming System, which rewards her with points for gathering herbs and farming. She discovers a patch of honeysuckle in the nearby Dayuye Mountains, earning enough points to unlock a system space and a map of the area. This resource becomes crucial during a severe famine year where food is scarce. While her sister-in-law, Jiang Rong’er, attempts to sabotage her by leading her into dangerous parts of the mountain, Lu Zhaozhao outmaneuvers her and returns with valuable herbs. Meanwhile, her relationship with Jiang Yanqing deepens. He is initially confused by her affection and protective nature, having been betrayed by everyone in his past life. However, her genuine care and the ten taels of silver she gives him for medicine begin to chip away at his resentment.

Jiang Yanqing, harboring dark thoughts of revenge against the family that destroyed him, struggles with his growing attachment to Lu Zhaozhao. He secretly retrieves hidden supplies from a stash he dug in their room, intending to use them to secure their future. When Lu Zhaozhao witnesses this, she does not judge him but instead tenderly cleans the dirt from his face. In return for her sincerity, he reveals that he used her silver as collateral to borrow more funds for book-copying work, promising to provide for her. The narrative shifts from a simple transmigration survival story to a complex dynamic where Lu Zhaozhao actively changes the Villain’s tragic fate. By supporting Jiang Yanqing emotionally and financially, she alters the course of events that would have led to his downfall, setting the stage for their joint rise against the oppressive Jiang family and the original protagonists.