In plague-ravaged Changwu County during the 32nd year of Yongchang, nine-year-old Lu Tong—sole healthy member of her family—awaits a mysterious veiled woman outside the magistrate's estate. The woman has cured the magistrate's son of the plague, which she claims is actually a form of poison. When Lu Tong begs her to save her family, the woman names her price: eight hundred taels of silver. Unable to pay, Lu Tong offers to sell herself into servitude. The woman accepts the bargain, promising to cure Lu Tong's family in exchange for the girl's service. Seven years later, sixteen-year-old Lu Tong returns home after her mistress Yun Niang's death, only to discover her family's house in ruins and learn that the Lu family perished a year ago. Now she must uncover the truth behind their deaths and the mysterious plague that was never what it seemed.
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