By a strange twist of fate, a male fox became the second daughter of the Shen family, a family of high-ranking ministers. She promised the Taoist who transformed her two things: first, to supply him with good wine for the rest of his life; second, to become someone who did good deeds and accumulated merit. To fulfill these promises, Shen Qi opened a tavern on Chang'an Street. Along the way, she met Liu Wei, a prince, and fell in love with him. But she discovered that the mortal world was about more than loving one another: it was also full of conflict and ambition. Her father was a loyal court official, yet her crippled older brother was the leader of the Xiandu Gang, which plotted to seize power and usurp the throne. This scheming brother was nothing like the gentle, considerate man he usually appeared to be. Liu Wei, too, was a prince with ambitions to claim the throne. Yue Niang, the friend she had treated with complete sincerity, hid a turbulent plan for revenge beneath her peaceful, beautiful exterior. Even the maid she trusted most had a different identity and secrets no one knew...
It took Shen Qi a long time to understand that, despite the world of mortals being wonderful, behind the haze of worldly affairs there were no fairytale endings that simply fell into place. Instead, there was a history of conflict steeped in darkness and bloodshed. She had come to the human world, but she was still a fox.
