Yuzhu transmigrated, and from the start she was aboard a wreck of a ship,
smuggling her way across the Yellow Sea.
Pirates and shipwrecks weren't all she had to deal with.
There was also her sick mother, her frail younger sister, and her dead father.
The few flatbreads she had were all she owned.
But she wasn't afraid of such a disastrous start.
Who could have guessed that after making land, she would end up in Korea!
Unable to speak the language and without a household registration, Yuzhu had to rely on her own two hands to give her mother and sister a better life.
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When Kim Huige, a translator, returned home carrying bags and bundles,
the neighbors on either side stared at him as if they had seen a ghost.
Only then did he learn that the messenger had delivered the wrong letter.
His family had mistakenly believed he had died in Joseon, sold all their possessions, and gone to Joseon to mourn him.
He remembered the mother and daughter whose identities had recently become a mystery in Hanyang.
"The new madam and young lady are both breathtakingly beautiful, and the young lady speaks so elegantly."
"She also knows all sorts of things about the palace."
"Could she be a princess of the Great Ming...?"
"I hear she can even cook Manchu dishes..."
"No, apparently she's the widow of the Chief State Councillor..."
A beautiful woman from the Great Ming, pursued by many high-ranking officials. A new female translator from the Great Ming, now working in the palace.
He had even enthusiastically encouraged his colleagues to pursue them.
The female translator the Crown Prince had once teased him about liking.
"No!! That's my wife and daughter!!"
"I'm not dead!!"
Yuzhu: I'd already planned to find my mother a new husband. So why has a father suddenly fallen from the sky?
At first, all she wanted was to make sure her mother and sister had enough to eat.
So why does everyone think I have some mysterious background?
An aristocratic descendant,
a princess from the final days of the Great Ming,
a princess of the Great Qing...
Wait!! Who are all these people?!
This story is set in an alternate late Ming and early Qing, during a time of social upheaval. However, the heroine's mother and sister believe they are "people of the Great Ming" from beginning to end. The heroine's father is a Joseon envoy stationed permanently in Shenyang.
Theme: Persevere and strive for self-improvement.
