The county magistrate's family in Yunzhou has an unremarkable concubine-born daughter.
Outsiders say she's frail and sickly, mild-tempered, and little more than a shadow who could just as easily be forgotten.
But they have no idea what an extraordinary soul lies beneath that timid facade.
She is the head of Jinsitang, a merchant guild so wealthy it could rival a nation and so powerful it controls the lifeblood of the realm's economy.
She is the mysterious physician Su Wen, who can bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bone, and whose fee is a thousand taels for a single consultation.
She is the master of Listening Snow Tower, the ruler of a shadowy empire who sets both the martial world and the court abuzz, yet whose true face no one has ever seen.
All she wants is to keep her secret identities hidden, uncover the true cause of her mother's death, and protect the handful of people she cares about.
He is Xiao Jue, the iron-fisted regent who wields power over the court and is ruthless and bloodthirsty. Traveling incognito on an inspection tour of the south, he stops in Yunzhou City.
He came only to investigate a major canal transport case, but for some reason, his attention is drawn to the Su family's young concubine-born daughter, who is supposedly “blown over by a gust of wind.”
Xiao Jue narrows his eyes. Is this woman truly innocent, or is she simply a very good actress?
How interesting. Could Yunzhou City really be hiding a rabbit that bites?
No, perhaps a cat that scratches?
He can't help wanting to peel away her disguises layer by layer and see what she's really like beneath them.
Su Wan is exasperated. Why does this “important person” from the capital keep hanging around her?
He looks at her like a hunter has spotted its prey.
Her money is about to be discovered,
her secret identities are hanging by a thread,
and her peaceful life is about to end...
Your Highness, please leave me alone. I'm really just an ordinary county magistrate's daughter!
...Not really.
