Zhuang Mingwei transmigrates into the role of a cannon-fodder concubine-born daughter in the Marquis’s household. She wakes up in the woodshed and finds herself facing a coffin. Still burning with fever, she suddenly hears her half-sister’s thoughts: “Slip a fake pearl into her hand and see how she gets out of this one.”
Mind-reading becomes her secret weapon in the household battles: she sees through her stepmother’s frame-up, uncovers the tricks in the account books, and anticipates the green tea schemer’s moves, turning the tables and making her suffer the consequences. Even Marquis Pei, a man who has slaughtered countless people, is so startled by Zhuang Mingwei repeating his inner thoughts that he questions his sanity.
The account book hidden beneath the coffin reveals a dark secret involving the grain transport trade and the truth behind her birth mother’s death. While everyone else is still fighting for favor in the inner household, she’s already opening shops and building a network. Together with the marquis, she breaks through the traps and turns the household battlefield into her own arena of slaughter.
