Lin Yulan spent ten years working tirelessly to build her business, eventually becoming a leading imperial merchant. While escorting disaster relief grain under imperial orders, she rescued a severely wounded spirit fox. Little did she know that her close friend, Su Wanqing, and her husband, He Jiancheng, had secretly plotted against her, framing her for dereliction of duty and sending her to prison for five years. After completing her sentence, Lin Yulan endured humiliation at the hands of former friends. Just as she hit rock bottom, the spirit fox she had rescued years earlier returned to repay her kindness. After a long and arduous journey, she returned home and rescued her daughter, He Shiyin. Having weathered countless hardships, He Shiyin resolved to break free from society's constraints and establish the world's first school for girls, helping countless women take control of their own lives.