The Rise of the Illegitimate Daughter: Transmigrating with a Space Before the Family’s Confiscation

Hou Ruobai, an ordinary unemployed woman with a passion for transmigration novels, finds herself transported to the Western Qi Kingdom upon death. She inhabits the body of Bai Nuoli, a fourteen-year-old illegitimate daughter abandoned at a remote estate by her father, Prime Minister Bai Peisheng, who betrayed her mother for political gain and wealth. Accompanied by a shapeshifting spirit assistant named Fugui, Hou Ruobai discovers she possesses a vast Master Space containing ten functional subspaces, including storage, cultivation, and teleportation capabilities. The space is stocked with endless resources, including tens of thousands of tons of grain, vast quantities of gold and silver, and magical pills. However, the cost of this power is that she can never experience conventional rebirth; she will always transmigrate into the bodies of the deceased, retaining only the memories of her current life.

Upon awakening in Bai Nuoli’s body, Hou Ruobai quickly assesses her precarious situation. Her mother, the daughter of a wealthy merchant, had married Bai Peisheng only to be deceived and abandoned. After her mother’s death, Bai Nuoli was sent to the countryside while her father rose to power as Prime Minister. Now twelve years old, Bai Nuoli is summoned back to the capital under the pretense of family reunion, but Hou Ruobai suspects a trap. Guided by a letter from her mysterious grandmother, who was also a transmigrator, she learns of impending disaster: the Bai family is involved in a rebellion plot with the Crown Prince, leading to inevitable confiscation and exile. The grandmother’s letter also reveals hidden treasure maps, granting Bai Nuoli access to a significant portion of her maternal family’s fortune.

Before returning to the capital, Bai Nuoli uses her teleportation ability to raid the treasuries of the warring nations of Jiuli and Zhongyuan, stripping them of their wealth and grain to destabilize the coming conflict. She also distributes some of the stolen silver to the poor. Upon arriving at the Bai estate, she pretends to be the same timid, foolish girl she was before, allowing her family to underestimate her. When the family demands her grandfather’s wealth to fund her sister Bai Luorou’s wedding to the Crown Prince, Bai Nuoli proposes a deal: she will provide the money in exchange for a public funeral declaring her dead, allowing her to sever ties with the Bai family and return to her grandfather’s Su lineage.

The Bai family, desperate for funds after their own assets were mysteriously depleted, agrees. Bai Nuoli officially changes her name to Su Nuoli and integrates into her grandfather’s family, testing the loyalty of his adopted sons and servants through truth and silence pills. She identifies the trustworthy among them and prepares for the impending exile. Meanwhile, she encounters Mo Yunzi, a handsome and powerful man who becomes intrigued by her bold and unconventional behavior. Their interactions are marked by playful tension, with Su Nuoli teasing him and escaping his advances, leaving a lasting impression on him.

As predicted, the political situation collapses. Bai Luorou is demoted from Crown Princess to a side consort after her dowry is revealed to be filled with stones instead of gold, a sabotage orchestrated by Su Nuoli. Shortly after, the Emperor issues a decree: the Bai family is implicated in treason, and their assets are confiscated. Su Nuoli’s extended family is sentenced to exile five thousand miles away. Rather than facing ruin, Su Nuoli is prepared. She has converted her family’s remaining assets into portable silver and stored them in magical rings. With her loyal servants and family, she begins the journey into exile, leaving the treacherous capital behind. The story follows her transition from a victim of familial betrayal to a powerful, independent figure equipped with the resources and knowledge to survive and thrive in the harsh world ahead.