Shen Jianjia transmigrates as the heiress of a coffin shop on the verge of bankruptcy. She owes eighty taels, and if she can’t pay by tomorrow, her whole family will be out on the street. One night, the powerful official Lu Xun “dies suddenly,” and a group of men in black smash a hundred taels of gold onto her counter, demanding that she alter his appearance. With modern embalming skills and a golden finger that lets her hear the mutterings of inanimate objects, she paints lividity on a living man to fool his enemies’ examination of the corpse. She expects to take the money and leave, but Lu Xun, who has faked his death, refuses to leave the shop. “My grand scheme of faking my death again and again depends entirely on you, Boss Shen.” Helping him make his death seem genuine will save her shop, but the coffin shop becomes a hub for passing intelligence. She goes from dodging assassins to uncovering a conspiracy involving a former dynasty’s treasure. When her embalming skills draw the court’s suspicion, she must choose between freedom and clearing her name. The old crisis is resolved, but now the fate of the realm rests on her shoulders.
