To cover her mentor’s medical expenses, funeral director Su Wan is forced to return to the Ling family, who see her as a stain on their name. The biological daughter who grew up away from home, she becomes an eyesore to her stepmother and stepsister the moment she returns, while her profession earns her the scorn of high society. But years spent working with the dead have taught her to remain calm in the face of disaster and sharpened her powers of observation. When her stepsister tries to play the innocent victim, Su Wan exposes her in public. When her stepmother plots against her, Su Wan turns the tables and makes her suffer the consequences. Along the way, she and Lu Chenzhou, the Ling family’s mysterious “cleaner,” go from testing each other to becoming staunch allies. Once she has secured her place in the Ling family, Su Wan discovers that her birth mother’s death was no accident. Using her professional expertise, she slowly uncovers the truth. At the shareholders’ meeting, she exposes her stepmother’s crimes of murder for money and sends her to prison. When the dust settles, Su Wan takes full control of the Ling Group. Together with Lu Chenzhou, she becomes the unrivaled ruler at the top of this modern-day “palace.”
