Shen Mingzhu travels through time to ancient China and starts out by having her engagement broken off by a scholar while the Zhou family demands the betrothal gifts. She neither cries nor makes a fuss. Instead, she turns the account book into a weapon and fights back in public. Starting with a single peach blossom soap, she leads the village women in selling soap and opening a workshop. Her peach blossom soap and moisturizing hand balm make their way into the town's largest cosmetics shop. Amid rumors and schemes, she transforms the old Shen family courtyard into a true Pearl Fragrance Workshop.