In her previous life, Ye Qingzhi lived timidly, hoping only that the man she loved might spare her a glance. Instead, she died in childbirth, taking her baby with her.
Reborn, she refuses to make the same foolish mistake. She lets go of the man she once held dearest, opens an apothecary, and starts a business. She can cure rare and difficult illnesses, and divine both fortune and disaster.
She even navigates the company of nobles with ease, and her life flourishes.
The Chief Councillor, who once looked down on her, is now captivated. How can this be the same reserved beauty he knew?
Seeing the young marquis, her senior and junior fellow disciples, and even the crown prince fall under her spell, the usually aloof and proud Chief Councillor panics.
He comes to call three times, and is turned away at the door all three times.
In the end, he simply flops onto the ground. "My lady, your husband is gravely ill and has little time left. No medicine can save me. I have just one question before I die: do you love your husband? Will you come home with me?"