Reborn as a woman of lowly status in a relay station household, how can she turn her life around?
Make soap, save money, and buy her way out of her status.
From setting up a stall at the docks to becoming a merchant on the Grand Canal, Lin Wei has had her shops smashed three times and lost all her capital twice.
With no one to help her, she grits her teeth and bears it herself.
When her younger brother says he wants to take the imperial examinations, Lin Wei sells everything she owns to pay for his education.
Years ago, Lin Wei gave half a bun to a starving boy who had fainted.
Years later, the boy who had collapsed at the docks returns, covered in military honors, to ask for her hand in marriage.
The whole capital says Lin Wei is marrying above her station. In front of the emperor, he says, “Your Majesty, my heart belongs to someone else. I dare not deceive you.”
Lin Wei thinks, for that one line alone, that half a bun I gave him was well worth it.
(A female lead who grows over time. Early on, the focus is on her career and her story as a strong woman; the male lead will have very little page time.)
