Transmigrating into Unfavored Prime Minister’s Legitimate Daughter, Time for Revenge

Su Hua, a top assassin and expert in medicine and poison from the twenty-third century, finds her consciousness transferred into the body of a girl with the same name in the Cangfeng Empire. The original Su Hua was the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister, raised without love or care. Her mother had died when she was young, leaving her vulnerable to the cruelty of her stepmother, Madam Zhu, and the indifference of her father, Prime Minister Su Bingyan. Bullied by servants and betrayed by her fiancé, Prince Jing, the original girl was pushed into a lotus pond by her stepmother’s servant, Granny Sun, and left to drown. Su Hua awakens in the aftermath of this assassination attempt, her mind flooded with memories of her past life and the new world’s history.

Upon regaining consciousness, Su Hua discovers a translucent white jade vial in her spiritual consciousness, a relic from her previous life that has accompanied her through transmigration. This spatial treasure contains a spring of living water and fields of rare medicinal herbs. She drinks the water, which instantly cures her frail body and restores her vitality to peak condition. With her physical strength returned and her assassin skills intact, she prepares to reclaim her life and exact revenge on those who wronged her. When Granny Sun arrives to confirm her death, Su Hua confronts her. Displaying a cold and ruthless demeanor, she kills Granny Sun with a hairpin, sending a clear message that she is no longer the helpless girl she once was.

The news of Granny Sun’s death reaches Su Bingyan and Madam Zhu, who rush to the courtyard. Su Hua confronts them with sharp tongue and unyielding composure, demanding the return of her late mother’s dowry, which Madam Zhu has embezzled for years. She threatens to expose the family’s secrets to the Shen clan, her maternal family, whose influence Su Bingyan fears. Forced to back down, the Prime Minister orders the return of the dowry, though Madam Zhu attempts to stall. During this confrontation, Su Hua’s younger half-sister, Su Xuan, arrives with news that Prince Jing has petitioned the Emperor to marry Su Hua to Prince Ning, a crippled and weak royal prince, as a form of humiliation. Su Hua accepts the decree, seeing it as an opportunity to escape the Prime Minister’s residence and settle her accounts on her own terms.

Prince Ning, Mo Qianhan, is a formidable figure hidden behind a facade of disability. He is the only surviving brother of the current Emperor and a legendary military genius who was injured in battle. The Emperor’s arrangement of this marriage is a political test to gauge Su Hua’s loyalty and the Shen clan’s intentions. Su Hua meets Mo Qianhan at Jisheng Herb Shop, one of her mother’s dowry properties. Their meeting is charged with mutual assessment; Su Hua sees through his frail appearance, and Mo Qianhan is intrigued by her sharpness and beauty. They establish a tentative alliance, recognizing that their marriage is a strategic partnership rather than a romantic union.

Back at the Prime Minister’s residence, Su Hua takes charge of Jisheng Herb Shop, dismissing the corrupt manager installed by Madam Zhu and restoring loyal staff. She uncovers that Madam Zhu has been embezzling profits and mistreating suppliers. Su Hua forces the family to pay two hundred thousand taels in compensation, dealing a significant financial blow to her stepmother. Meanwhile, Concubine Liu, a favored woman in the household who has suffered repeated miscarriages due to Madam Zhu’s sabotage, seeks Su Hua’s help. Su Hua agrees to assist Liu in regaining the Prime Minister’s favor and securing her position, using a specially prepared incense to influence Su Bingyan’s affections.

Madam Zhu and Su Xuan continue to plot against Su Hua, coordinating with the Apothecary King Pavilion to cut off trade supplies to Jisheng Herb Shop in an attempt to ruin her business. However, Su Hua remains unfazed, confident in her ability to manage the shop and outmaneuver her enemies. She uses her medical knowledge to create powerful concoctions, including an addictive incense, to control those around her. As she consolidates her power and wealth, Su Hua prepares to navigate the treacherous political landscape of the capital, using her marriage to Prince Ning as a lever to rise above the inner household struggles and secure her future.