Ruan Qinghe, a 24-year-old editor of popular medical science, accidentally caught a glimpse of the suffering of ordinary people in a feudal age.
Through a screen, she had seen Confucian teachings devour people and watched vulnerable women suffer, leaving her feeling helpless.
After an unexpected transmigration, she became an orphaned girl in a village whom everyone despised as a bringer of bad luck.
From the start, she was trapped in a freezing, drafty woodshed, suffering hunger and cold, exploited by her clan and treated harshly by her neighbors. Every step led to desperation.
She had no gift for miraculous healing, no powerful benefactor to support her, and no melodramatic romance to get tangled up in.
All she had were medical insights far beyond her time and a clear-headed, steadfast heart that refused to let anyone exploit her.
A spirit medium spreads lies and takes lives in the name of superstition? She tears away ignorance with reason and common sense.
Her clan keeps trying to control and exploit her? She draws a firm line and does not yield an inch.
Women throughout the land are trapped in misery and tormented? She bends down to help, offering them a refuge.
She does not fall for romance, climb the ranks of the powerful and wealthy, or get caught up in the schemes of the imperial harem.
She uses only what she has learned to treat the sick and suffering, protect the vulnerable, open a women's clinic, and save the people.
The troubled age is murky, and social conventions are shackles.
She takes root in the mire, wielding compassion as a blade and integrity as armor.
Relying on no one, she personally defies fate and changes her destiny, becoming a rare beacon of clarity and resolve in a chaotic age.
