[Female Lead's Growth + Maid at First, Independent Later + Love Grows Over Time + Friendship Focus]
A marriage meant to bring good fortune uproots four young people from Quanfu Manor and sweeps them into the depths of the Jin residence.
Jiang Yanshu was born a household slave, famous far and wide for the dark red birthmark crisscrossing her face.
She made a living gathering herbs from childhood. In hardship, the four friends kept each other warm and found joy even in their misery.
The world was harsh, and lives were as fragile as grass.
On the night a conspiracy brought everything crashing down, she fell from a cliff while saving her closest friend. Her childhood sweetheart's fate was unknown, and her friends vanished without a trace.
When she opened her eyes again, her birthmark had disappeared, and she possessed peerless beauty.
Rumors spread: a soul-stealing immortal had appeared. Whoever obtained her would obtain the world.
The martial world descended into chaos, and the court was thrown into turmoil.
Everyone treated her as a treasure, either coveting her or seeking to use her.
Her childhood sweetheart, eyes red, said, "Yanshu, keep moving forward. I'll be right behind you."
Her destitute friend insisted, "Jiang Yanshu, if you dare get hurt, we're no longer friends."
A benefactor from the past sighed softly, "I owe you this."
And the heir who had once been so cold now clutched her sleeve. "Jiang Yanshu, once you were safe, why wasn't I the first person you came to find?"
From the manor to the Jin residence, from a slave's status to stirring the whole world.
The first time Jin Qijin saw Jiang Yanshu, he thought she was some young herb gatherer out earning money to support her family.
When they met again six years later, she was a maid at the manor.
A Daoist's wild prediction bound their fates together.
The little maid had an ugly birthmark, but she certainly had no shortage of childhood friends and sweethearts by her side.
In just half a month, her image kept appearing in his mind.
How could this be? They could only ever be master and servant.
When she left, he thought it would be their last meeting, so he let himself go just once.
When they met again at the residence, his heart pounded like a drum.
This time, he would never give up. He would teach her how to survive in this world.
