Du Cuique, an orphan from a military household in Jinzhou, spent her whole life clawing her way up: currying favor with the powerful, becoming a favored concubine, and poisoning people. In the end, she was exiled to Qiongzhou and died in a land of miasma. In her final moments, she saw the flames of Jinling and the cornflower hairpin that had burned to ashes.
When she opened her eyes again, she was Gu Tingzhao, the fourth daughter of the Ningyuan Marquis's household, cherished and adored by all. Her father treated her like a treasure, her third brother tucked osmanthus cakes into his clothes to bring home for her, and even her second brother Gu Tingye, said to be impossible to please, secretly left a cornflower jade pendant on her windowsill.
In this life, she refuses to be a flower dependent on others. She puts the medical and poison-making skills she learned in her previous life to use helping people:
She saves her frail brother, exposes poisons hidden within the walls of the household, joins the Imperial Pharmacy as a medicine official, fights epidemics, and cleans up the imperial harem, rising step by step to become the highest-ranking female official. She understands that mountains can crumble and people can leave, but relying on herself is the surest way to stand firm.
Recently I watched Lan Xiang is the same as before, and I really like the character of Du Delphinium. At that time, I was thinking about Xiao Qin: What a good bad boy. Hahaha, there is really rice. It smells so good.