Su Muyao, a nationally recognized inheritor of an intangible cultural heritage tea ceremony, unexpectedly transmigrates into the Tang Dynasty as the owner of a teahouse on the verge of collapse, saddled with crushing debts.
From the start, she faces a nightmare of a challenge: foreign merchants block her door demanding repayment, while her competitors watch like hawks.
To turn things around, she silences the foreign merchants with a single serving of Seven-Infusion Tea. At a tea banquet called Pine Breeze Boils Snow, she wins over scholars and draws every eye in the marketplace. In her hands, modern tea ceremony blends with the ancient elegance of the Tang Dynasty, and she carves out a way to survive against all odds.
But one day, a pair of eyes in the shadows begins watching her.
Pei Xuandu, a Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, has been ordered to secretly investigate trade in the Western Regions. Clad in black, he stands sternly, his gaze icy and every word cautious. "You are merely a tea shop owner from the marketplace. Why do you keep consorting with foreign merchants?"
Until she uses tea as a blade, helping him cut through one corner of the mystery surrounding the Western Regions.
When rival merchants join forces to frame them, they work side by side to turn the tables. At the tea competition, she dazzles the crowd with her tea, while he uses his authority to protect her.
On the day envoys from every nation come to court, she captivates Chang'an with a grand tea banquet, clears her name, and earns the title of Chang'an's Premier Tea Ambassador.
With the fragrance of tea still lingering over the city, he makes his way through the crowd and stops before her. Bending close, he asks softly, "Her Excellency the Tea Ambassador oversees all the tea affairs under heaven. When will you take care of this official's lifelong affairs, too?"
She smiles and pours him a cup. "Vice Minister Pei, please."
Reader's Guide:
① A seemingly delicate and gentle tea shop girl × a seemingly cold, ascetic, and heartless vice minister. In truth, she's a rational, resilient heroine devoted to her career, and he's a deeply devoted hero who dotes on and protects his wife.
② Intangible cultural heritage tea ceremony meets the Tang Dynasty, tea competitions and clever turnarounds, marketplace business rivalry + court intrigue.
③ Both leads are devoted only to each other, one-on-one romance, happy ending, and success in both love and career.
Theme: Let tea bring people together, and stay true to yourself.
