Su Xiaomo, a business executive, accidentally traveled to the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty and became Shen Qingjin, the daughter of a criminal who had her house confiscated and was exiled. Faced with the desperate situation of being dispatched to the Huanyi Bureau, she survived and relied on modern business wisdom and extraordinary courage to save the assassinated King of Yan Zhu Tingye and exchange "value" for life.
With a contract, she transformed into a distant relative of Prince Yan's palace and revived the dilapidated silk and satin village. Liushangyuan first showed its talents, Xianglu Pavilion cleverly broke through the predicament, and with Zhu Tingye's acquiescence, got involved in the dangerous border trade, dealing with border generals, eunuchs and grassland tribes.
However, there is an undercurrent in the capital. The suppression by the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, the jealousy of the daughter of the Liu family, and the wooing of talented people from the Gu family made her walk on thin ice. Between Zhu Tingye's depth and unpredictability, and Gu Changyuan's gentle calculation, she had to struggle to survive in the cracks of all forces.
From a sinful slave to a female historian, from a merchant to a behind-the-scenes promoter, Shen Qingjin used cloth as warp, fragrant dew as weft, and wealth as shuttle. On the loom of power and interest, Shen Qingjin weaved her own Ming Dynasty embroidery step by step. But when she gradually touches the core of power, she realizes that she has already been involved in a chess game related to the fate of the country...
