Shen Yuan, a bankruptcy and liquidation lawyer in the 21st century, died in an accident involving an object falling from a high altitude. When she woke up, she found that she had transformed into the daughter of a salt merchant whose family had fallen into disgrace in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River in the early years of the Republic of China. The original owner was betrothed by his father to a local bully to pay off his debt, and was about to jump into a river to commit suicide. Before Shen Yuan could rejoice that she survived, she was stuffed into a sedan chair.
A bankruptcy lawyer dressed up as a concubine in the Republic of China. Faced with forced marriage by bullies, bankruptcy of her family, and extortion by warlords, she used her brain as a weapon to fight her way through troubled times - and by the way, she tamed a cold-faced King of Hell into a wife slave.
From then on, Shen Yuan began a battle of wits and courage with Huo Zhongheng.
