Jian Rong transmigrates into the home of an ordinary family in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
Unfortunately, her father has died, and her uncle, intent on taking everything for himself, drives her and her mother back to her maternal family. The marriage that had been arranged with the family of Clerk Sun is also taken over by her cousin.
Her maternal uncle and aunt greatly resent having to feed and house the mother and daughter, who are nothing but a burden, and secretly seek a matchmaker to marry them both off.
Jian Rong, once a renowned costume and makeup designer in her previous life, senses trouble brewing, rolls up her sleeves, and gets back to work.
For her first payday, she'll earn it from the tearful new bride next door, whose face was ruined by the wedding attendant's makeup and who is being mocked for her looks.
With a little fame behind her, Jian Rong starts visiting the grand households, earning money while getting her fill of gossip.
The real daughter of the Duke of Ying's household is found and brought home, only to be shunned for her rough, dark skin and tacky clothes.
Jian Rong gives the real daughter a dramatic makeover, making her dazzle at the family recognition banquet.
The wife of the heir to the Earl of Ningyuan is unable to bear children, so she demands that her younger half-sister bear one for her.
Jian Rong pretends she knows nothing, takes the half-sister's ridiculous claim that she admires and imitates her elder sister at face value, and dresses her to look exactly like her elder sister.
And then there are the shocking royal scandals that leave Jian Rong reeling again and again.
What? The shameless emperor has his eye on a beautiful princess consort.
With a few swift strokes of her brush, she paints festering, ruptured sores on the princess consort's face, completely killing the emperor's interest.
And this princess, every time Jian Rong does his eyebrows, either takes her hand or seizes the chance to touch her face, acting every bit like a lecher.
Don't think she doesn't know he's actually a man!
He even asks her with a worried look whether bending over is too tiring, and tells her to sit on his lap so she can apply his makeup more easily!
Jian Rong really wants to snap the makeup brush in her hand. Is there a single normal person among all the powerful and influential people in Chang'an?!
Theme: Love what you do
