In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, Chang Zhiheng transmigrated into the body of Chang Yuchun's granddaughter, the orphaned daughter of Chang Mao. Her aunt poisoned her medicine, while her female cousins tormented her to her face and behind her back. She appeared meek, but inwardly cursed them all. Relying on her medical skills, she started by growing vegetables and sprouting beans, then made wound medicine to sell on consignment. Her pharmacy grew bigger and bigger. Feng Sheng acknowledged her as family, Tang Shaozong invested, and even the Crown Prince came to her for treatment. She kept a record of every slight, from the second branch withholding her food rations to an attempted murder on the road. The Crown Prince arranged her marriage to the Deng family, and her half-sister eagerly leaped into the trap. She knew that all the powerful people now basking in courtly glory would be dead in two years. Before the blade fell, she had to get her people aboard a ship.
