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#96 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series

The Widow Matriarch Takes Control

Yuna lands in a novel as a widow, and her relatives are already circling her land.

NetShort · 64 episodes · about 1.9 h

FreeEp 1–8on NetShort
Locked56of 64 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site

Open on NetShort (official)

Rebirth & second lifeHistorical & palace

Story

Yuna Chandler, a medical legend, transmigrates into a book as a widow in Sutton Village. Her relatives want her land, and her Third Son is gambling and trying to sell his own sister. Yuna has an Exchange Space that lets her trade herbs for cash. Getting the land deed back is step one; holding on to it is harder.

Historical & periodFamily & ethicsRebirth & time travelclever survivalfamily greed

Who will like it: viewers who liked a smart newcomer outwitting greedy relatives in a village inside a book.

Main characters

  • Yuna Chandler: transmigrant who swaps herbs for money
  • Third Son: gambler who wants to sell his sister

Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.

Episodes

Mint ticks: 8 free. Grey: 56 locked. About 1.9 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).

Where to watch

NetShort
Episodes
64
Free
8
Locked
56
Checked
Oct 18, 2026
AppEpisodesFreeLockedCost to finishChecked
NetShort64856—Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site

Cost to finish

Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.

How it compares on NetShort

Length
64 episodes is longer than 93% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
Free episodes
8 free episodes is the same as the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 13% of the story before the paywall.

“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.

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Details the apps publish

Languages
Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
App tags
Female Empowerment, Historical Romance, Time Travel
NetShort
2.0K likes, 2.2K followers

The apps' own counts, shown as printed, never folded into the reader rating.

Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.