Shen Shuyao loves laying bare the secrets hidden within her family. After marrying into Prince Jing's household, she discovers that her husband, Liang Chengzhang, has secretly established a residence for Xu Qingrong, while Xu Qingrong has also falsely claimed to be the widow of Pei Zhao. Shen Shuyao enters the palace and exposes the deception, successfully securing a divorce and reclaiming her dowry-funded medicine shop. She establishes a charitable fund to help the poor, while repeatedly dealing with schemes laid by noblewomen such as Jiang Shu, Liang Chengzhang's pleas for forgiveness, and pressure from her own Shen family relatives who use family affection to manipulate her. She never deliberately provokes trouble, but whenever someone plots against her, she protects herself with physical evidence and official channels. In the end, she safeguards her mother's business, chooses not to pursue another romance, breaks free from the constraints of both marriage and her birth family, and achieves reconciliation with herself.