In the fifth year after her father died unjustly, Shen Zhaoyu, the daughter of the guilty minister, returned to Yujing.
The Shen family's old house was sealed off, and her old friend disappeared. The Gu family even wanted to trap her in the inner house through marriage. In order to investigate the old case of the Jiangnan Disaster Relief Bank, she accepted the proposal of Pei Hengzhi, a powerful minister from a poor family, and made an engagement with him in which each of them got what they needed.
Pei Hengzhi handed her authority, evidence, and qualifications to join the game, but he also included her and her father's injustice into the calculation. Childhood sweetheart Lu Chengyan was willing to give up his title and take her away from Yujing; Xie Lingyi, a noble daughter of an aristocratic family, chose to work with her to fight for a new way out for women after several confrontations with her.
Shen Zhaoyu finally discovered that what she really needed was never to be saved by someone.
She wants to clear her father's wrongdoing personally, and also wants to let the world know that a woman can step onto the jade steps and control her own destiny without relying on her father and brother, marriage, and favor.
Intention: Make a comeback against the wind and take control of your destiny