Su Xianxu, a modern shell carving restorer, accidentally traveled through time while saving endangered antiquities and became Su Xihen, an orphan from an ancient shell carving family. She was forced to marry into a cold-faced powerful minister, Lou Mozhi. On their wedding night, she faced the threat of her husband stabbing her head with a dagger, and she also shouldered the life-or-death mission of completing the tribute within seven days.
Su Xianxu relied on modern craft knowledge and ancient shell carving skills to resolve the tribute crisis, but he was involved in many dangers such as smuggling cases, family infighting, and Japanese pirate invasions. As a "shell appraiser", she revolutionized the shell carving industry, set up training centers, promoted standardization, and helped Lou Mo eliminate traitors from the court and defend against foreign enemies.
From the initial transactional marriage to Lou Mozhi's affection for her in the midst of intrigues and life and death, the two worked together to break the situation, from testing each other to being dependent on each other for life and death. Su Xianxu found career and love in ancient times. When faced with the medium of time travel, she chose to stay in the land where she took root. Together with Lou Mozhi, she built the prosperity of Haizhou, performed the cold-faced powerful minister "The Fall of True Fragrance", and wrote the legendary life of a career-oriented heroine.
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