Lena, a researcher at a twenty-first-century aerospace biology institute, was caught in an equipment explosion during a development trial at a Mars base. When she opened her eyes, she had transmigrated into the body of a common-born orphan girl from the Shen family in Jiangnan during the Ming Dynasty, about to be sold off and buried alive as a sacrificial attendant. Thrust into desperate circumstances as soon as she transmigrated, Lena used her modern knowledge of microbiology to improve fermentation starter production, earn her first fortune, and escape death. She then used her modern first-aid skills to save Prince Du En, who was traveling incognito, and was drawn into the treacherous whirlpool of the capital.
In the patriarchal society of ancient times, women who showed their faces in public were considered shameful. The old aristocratic families monopolized the salt, iron, and textile trades, and would not tolerate a common-born girl taking a piece of the pie. Her stepmother and an imperial consort joined forces, repeatedly plotting to kill Lena: destroying her pharmacy, spreading rumors that she was unchaste, and even hiring assassins to take her life. Lena relied on knowledge beyond her time to overcome one crisis after another. She opened a clinic and taught people about disinfection and safe childbirth, built a textile mill to promote water-powered looms, and even improved farming tools and cultivated high-yield Champa rice. Step by step, she went from a common-born girl at the mercy of others to a key figure capable of influencing the royal court.
Theme: Armed with modern scientific knowledge, she falls into the Ming Dynasty and uses technology to break free of fate's chains, securing a chance to live and the dignity she deserves through her own efforts.
