Shen Qingwu is the illegitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue. Her mother was poisoned to death by the principal wife, and she was sent away to a nunnery for ten years.
When she returns to the capital, her inheritance has been stolen, her dignity destroyed, and her former fiancé, Xie Tingjun, has married someone else.
She vows never to rely on a man. Instead, she wields commerce as a blade and fights her way to the top.
She opens an embroidery shop, builds schools, and provides disaster relief, tearing away the hypocritical masks of the powerful.
The court tries to suppress her? She submits a defense to the throne, and the emperor himself writes: “The people praise her. What crime has she committed?”
An ex's regret arc? Xie Tingjun kneels at her door in remorse. She sneers and shuts it in his face. “When you should have believed me, I was in mourning.”
From the daughter of a concubine to the widely revered Scholar Wenyuan, she becomes her own guiding light.
Household intrigue, political machinations, plot twists, and a clear-eyed heroine who defies fate: pure satisfaction from start to finish!
