In her first life, after being reborn in the womb into A Dream of Splendor, she had no desire to change the plot. She just wanted to make money.
Luo Qingyi remembered the original ending: Xie Wei would die, Yan Lin would be exiled, and Jiang Xuening would take her own life.
But those were other people’s problems. She wasn’t about to play the saint.
She opened a trading house, set up a perfume workshop, and stockpiled raw silk. All she wanted was to become rich.
Until she beat Xie Wei to a shipment of raw silk he wanted to buy.
When Lü Xian came to “settle the score,” Xie Wei said, “Interesting.”
They first met in Jinling. He arrived with a zither, dressed in mourning white.
“I owe your brother a debt of gratitude.”
“I’m not leaving.”
She fed him life-saving medicine. Later, he became her neighbor.
The moon gate opened, and every year when the snow fell, white plum blossoms appeared.
She entered the palace as a study companion, where Lady-in-Waiting Su was especially patient with her.
When Yan Lin was exiled, Luo Qingyi’s caravan accompanied him all the way.
When the princess was sent away for a political marriage, she said, “I’ll wait for you to come back and drink Snow Orchid Fragrance.”
The tragedies of the original story were unfolding one by one
But each time, she reached out to help.
No one said they were in love, but everyone knew:
In this life, Xie Wei would never be alone again.
And she became the one variable the original story had never accounted for.
