Su Wan transmigrates to ancient times and binds herself to the “Face-Slapping System”: when someone provokes her, she has to strike back. If anyone discovers her true identity, she loses ten years of her life. If she admits it herself, she dies on the spot.
She only wants to live quietly, but her medical skills, poisoncraft, and martial arts keep slipping out, one layer at a time.
Worse still, the people around her keep “accidentally” discovering one secret identity after another, then collectively pretending they’re blind.
Her maid starts pretending to be blind. The Imperial Medical Bureau’s chief director trembles whenever he sees her. Prince Regent Gu Zhao even establishes a special “Su Wan Alibi Team.”
The entire capital knows she’s a big shot. She’s the only one who thinks she’s hidden it well.
Then, when enemy forces lay siege to the city, they call out her identity as a princess of the previous dynasty in front of everyone
She turns and looks at Gu Zhao.
“Don’t be afraid,” Gu Zhao says. “This time, I’ll claim it for you.”
Four. Long Synopsis (for the novel page)
Su Wan transmigrates into the body of the Su family’s daughter born to a concubine, brought back from the countryside. All she wants is to keep her head down and survive.
But the “Face-Slapping System” she binds to won’t let her stay quiet. If someone provokes her, she has to strike back or lose a year of her life. If anyone discovers her true identity, she loses ten years. If she admits to a secret identity herself, she dies on the spot.
So, forced to play the part of a timid healer, she puts on one “face-slapping” show after another in the capital.
What she doesn’t know is
Her maid, Chuntao, recognized her ghost doctor’s needle technique on the very first day, and has been on an irreversible path of “pretending to be blind” ever since.
Chief Physician Zhang of the Imperial Medical Bureau witnessed her use her needles, and now reflexively touches his neck whenever he sees her.
Prince Regent Gu Zhao, the cold-faced ruler who wields power over the court and keeps women at arm’s length, has a glaring double standard when it comes to her. He says, “Su Wan, you still have
