Shen Xinglan is the legitimate eldest daughter of the Prime Minister’s household. When she was three, her birth mother died of illness, and her stepmother took her place.
Framed by her stepmother, she was cast into the abandoned western courtyard and left there for fifteen years, living in terrible misery.
The Shen family erased every trace of her, and everyone believed the legitimate daughter of the family was dead. Everything that should have belonged to her was taken by her younger stepsister, Shen Xingyao.
Through those fifteen lonely years, she and her maid Nian relied on each other. She secretly studied medicine and scoured the household’s old records, writing down every crime committed by her stepmother and her family.
After leaving her coming-of-age ceremony, she met Xiao Che, and the two joined forces to overturn the old case.
As they investigated the truth, they were repeatedly intercepted. Shinian died trying to save Xinglan. Xiao Che was injured several times while saving her. Step by step, Xinglan and Xiao Che laid their plans and ultimately brought down the Liu clan, uncovered the truth behind what happened years ago, and cleared her mother and maternal grandfather’s family of all accusations.
