The Ghost Bride's Syndicate

When ruthless corporate liquidator Qiu Linxiao wakes up nailed inside a burial coffin, she finds herself transmigrated as a peasant scapegoat forced into a ghost marriage. Beside her lies Gongsun Ye, the feared Marquis of Cangzhou, poisoned and presumed dead by his treacherous family. But Linxiao notices his pupils reacting to the dim light. He isn't dead; he is trapped in locked-in syndrome. Using primitive chemistry to synthesize a temporary neurotoxin inhibitor from the burial herbs, she offers the paralyzed warlord a deal: blink once to die in this tomb, blink twice to surrender his seal of command and let her dismantle his enemies. Armed with his military authority and her modern understanding of supply chains, metallurgy, and economic warfare, Linxiao begins transforming a starving, rebel-infested border territory into an inescapable industrial syndicate. As Gongsun Ye slowly regains his mobility, he finds himself dangerously captivated by a faux-wife who treats imperial edicts like bad contracts. Will the Imperial Court realize in time that they aren't fighting a traditional rebellion, but a hostile corporate buyout?