In Shen Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River, a scholarly family, the eldest daughter Shen Qingci was in her twenties. It should have been a good time to "lean against the door and look back, but smell the green plums". However, the stepmother Qin is in charge of the family, and she favors her own daughter and regards her as a thorn in her side. Every step in the family is frightened. Once her father Shen Yanshu went to Beijing for business, the Qin family wanted to take the opportunity to "sell" or "marry" her at a low price to avoid future troubles.
Is Qing Ci a thing in the pond? She is intelligent, transparent, observant, gentle and quiet on the outside, but tough as cattails on the inside. With her superb skills as a heroine, cooking and housekeeping, as well as her composure and quickness far beyond her peers, she first showed her talents on the way to Beijing and resolved several crises. Not only did she win the admiration of her father, but she also met Zhao Jingyan, the eldest son of Prince Jing of the dynasty, in various "accidents" - a man who seemed carefree and unruly, but in fact was deeply thoughtful and burdened with the glory of his family and his personal ambitions.
