Modern scholar Shen Hanmei travels through time and becomes Su Lingshu, an orphan girl from a poor family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty whose family was destroyed. In this desperate era where "there are no poor families in the upper class and no noble families in the lower class", a mysterious talk in a desperate situation caused her to be regarded as a "cultural weapon" by the top family member Langya Wang, who adopted her as a daughter and changed her name to Wang Hui.
From then on, the chat room of Jiankang City became her battlefield. In Wang Xizhi's Orchid Pavilion gathering, she talked and laughed happily -2; in Emperor Jian Wen's palace banquet, she hid her cleverness; in her battle with Xie Daoyun, she became a confidant; in her battle of wits with Huan Wen's counselor Xi Chao, she became both enemy and friend. She used her knowledge beyond the times to deal with such prominent surnames as Wang, Xie, Sima and Huan.
However, her adoptive father's use, her family's calculations, and the powerful men's covetousness all made her walk on thin ice. The deeper secret is: the original owner of her body seems to be involved in an old conspiracy case.
When the dark clouds of the "Battle of Feishui" over the fate of the country enveloped the south of the Yangtze River, when the young boy Wang Xianzhi who cared about her gradually grew up, and when Xi Chao, a friend and foe, sent a fatal warning... Wang Hui finally understood that what she wanted was not to become a "treasure" to be fought for.
In this worst of times, she wants to plant the seeds for the continuation of civilization in the softest way. Even if I am destined to be the cold plum that blooms in the cracks of history and is unknown to anyone. . . . . .
