I Refuse to Believe All Beauties Are Doomed to Die Young

In the late Qing dynasty, Gu Yuqing's father, an official in the capital, passes away. Gu Yuqing and her mother escort his coffin back to their hometown, only to be imprisoned by their uncles and cousins, who covet the ancestral home and fields. Gu Yuqing devises a plan to find one of her father's old friends, who comes to their rescue. Later, she goes with her mother to live with her maternal uncle's family. When she is pressured into marriage, Gu Yuqing refuses to spend her life as a wife and heads alone to Tianjin to study. The editor-in-chief of a newspaper recognizes her talent and hires her, setting her on the path to an extraordinary life.