Shen Yuan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an's household, was driven to ruin by her stepmother, Madam Zhou, in her previous life. Her family was destroyed, and she died with hatred in her heart. Reborn, she returns to the bitter winter of her twelfth year, when her mother is still alive, her elder brother is full of youthful vigor, and there's still time to change everything.
In this life, she is no longer a helpless girl at the mercy of others. She plans every move carefully, exposing Madam Zhou's plot to poison her mother. She outmaneuvers her stepmother and foils her scheme to frame her brother. Then she skillfully enlists outside help, prompting an incorruptible censor to investigate the Zhou family's major salt-smuggling case. From the inner quarters to the imperial court, from the capital to Jiangnan, Shen Yuan single-handedly changes her family's fate and uproots the enemies who ruined her previous life.
Yet in living a second life, she gains more than the safety and happiness of her loved ones. Amid Jiangnan's misty rains, she also meets someone: Fang Jingxing, the young master of the Fang family, elegant and upright as a pine, quiet yet deeply devoted. He gives her a book called Records of Jiangnan's Plants and promises to take her to Tiger Hill to see the magnolias next year. All her happiness begins anew in this life.
May we both find joy in this life, and may our love never go unfulfilled. This is a historical romance about redemption, growth, and deep devotion.
