Lin Mo transmigrates into the body of a penniless orphan girl from a fallen family in ancient times. She clings to the antique shop her father left behind, so poor she can barely afford food.
Her relatives pressure her to marry, and her competitors mock her. Everyone tells her, “A woman should get married. Why run a shop?”
Until she discovers that she can hear antiques speak.
A rusted bronze lamp sobs as it searches for its daughter. A bloodstained war banner roars, demanding justice. A broken jade hairpin whispers of an injustice...
It turns out that every antique holds the lingering obsession of a woman.
From then on, she runs her antique shop, growing it from a dilapidated store in the south of the city into an imperial merchant house;
and investigates her father's death, rising from an external member of the Night Artifacts Bureau to become its first female director.
Later
The relatives who tried to force her into marriage kneel and beg for mercy.
The competitors who mocked her expertise shut up shop for good.
The Night Artifacts Bureau, which once looked down on her for being a woman, begs her to take command.
And the young emperor on the throne asks her in private:
“Director Lin, would you be willing to take your place as empress?”
Lin Mo smiles and curtsies. “Your Majesty, my appraisal fee is one thousand taels per session.”
“Love? That'll cost extra.”
