[Republican-era tycoon|clear-headed and independent|business savvy|intense push and pull|faithful in body and soul|happy ending]
Zhou Wanqing has struggled to survive in the muddy streets, only to wake up in the Republican era as the seventh concubine of Shen Tingzhou, a financial magnate of Shiliupu. To outsiders, she's struck it rich overnight, living in luxury and eating well.
But the Shen residence is a den of vipers. The First Madam hides a gun beneath her skirts, while the other concubines wait with abacuses in hand for Zhou Wanqing to be eliminated.
The master, who spends the night in her room every few days, always looks at her with unfathomable eyes. He gives her special favor, but he keeps his guard up too.
From being sold into the inner residence to building her own business empire, Zhou Wanqing carves her name into a world on the brink of upheaval, one step at a time.
