Jiang Shuyue

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Jiang Shuyue (姜舒月)
Alias(es)	Marchioness of Zhennan; wife of the Marquis of Zhennan 26 43
Species/Race	Originally a green tea plant; inhabits a human body in the novel’s world 10 18
Gender	Female 12 29
Affiliation	Marquis’s Residence; Jiang family; valued by Great Zhou’s emperor and Prince Huai 12 28
Occupation/Role	Marchioness, mistress of the marquis’s household, and system host 11 19
Spouse	Zhou Yunshen 4 5
Stepchildren	Zhou Shiye, Zhou Luming, and Zhou Sesong 5 7
Status	Alive in the supplied storyline; the original body’s owner was destined to be poisoned 6 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Green tea plant cultivation	7	Cultivated for ten thousand years without taking human form. During that time, she subsisted on dirt and the elements.
Human embodiment in the novel’s world	1 10 18	Her arrival is associated with being struck by lightning upon taking human form. The Heavenly Dao sends her into the story and supplies basic human knowledge; she later explicitly distinguishes herself from the body’s original owner.

Background / History

Plant Origins

Before becoming human, Jiang Shuyue learned about people through television and tea farmers. Despite her ten thousand years of cultivation, ordinary human emotions remain unfamiliar to her. When the Zhou family treats her kindly, she cannot understand why happiness also makes her want to cry 7 10.

Her plant experiences continue to shape her behavior. She seeks sunlight to “photosynthesize,” regards eating pigeons as revenge for their droppings, and resents birds that sharpened their beaks on her while she could not move 10.

The Identity She Inherits

The human Jiang Shuyue is the biological daughter of Jiang An and Liu Rulan, also called Madam Jiang. According to the system, Jiang An swapped her with his mistress’s child, Jiang Liuli, after blaming Shuyue for his career setbacks. He intended to have Shuyue killed, but the person entrusted with disposing of her spared her because he thought she could eventually be sold 13 15.

By the confrontation over her belongings, Shuyue has been back in the Jiang household for only three months. She describes living so poorly that she grew vegetables in her courtyard, while Liuli acquired eighteen of her valuable possessions. Her allowance was withheld, her dowry was apparently plundered, and she endured prolonged kneeling punishments 14 16 20.

Liuli was originally supposed to marry Zhou Yunshen but refused because she feared his temper and did not want to become a stepmother. Jiang Shuyue was sent in her place 16.

Appearance

Jiang Shuyue is repeatedly described as beautiful, though thin and somewhat bony. Her natural tea fragrance attracts both her husband and stepdaughter 2 7 12 29.

• Fair skin: Zhou Yunshen notices that her hands would easily show marks from being struck 10.
• Small frame: Her husband doubts she can safely climb the residence’s two-meter wall 37.
• Green tea scent: Zhou Luming nuzzles her arm to inhale it; Zhou Yunshen enjoys its combination with floral incense 7 12.
• Lavish clothing and jewelry after marriage: Wears expensive shu brocade with Su Embroidery and a gold hairpin set with red gemstones 20.
• Abundant rings and bracelets: At one outing, eight fingers carry large gemstone or jade rings, with bracelets on both wrists 34.

Personality

Jiang Shuyue’s demure public manner contrasts sharply with her profane, flirtatious inner commentary. She enthusiastically admires beautiful people, eats without restraint when permitted, and treats almost every gathering as an opportunity to hear gossip. Her appetite for spectacle can overwhelm her caution: during a teahouse fight, she insists on rushing to the “front lines” despite warnings 2 28 29 35.

Her social inexperience does not prevent her from being calculating. She readily manufactures tears, performs helplessness, and turns an opponent’s accusations back on them. Against Liuli, she deliberately copies the same innocent-victim tactics that once made the original Shuyue defenseless 13 19 20 40.

Her affection becomes increasingly genuine. Initially fascinated by the Zhou children as sources of gossip, she resolves to prevent the suffering that would turn them into villains. She also earns points to strengthen Jiang Chen and plans an expensive cure for Prince Huai 7 18 32.

That compassion is selective. She initially declines to warn her mother directly about Qin Wanru’s future poisoning scheme, and she takes pleasure in humiliating Liuli. Her revenge nevertheless also serves practical goals: exposing manipulation, protecting her family, and securing system rewards 16 20 39 40.

Abilities & Skills

Audible Inner Voice

Her supposedly private thoughts—and the system conversations accompanying them—can be heard by eligible people nearby. Jiang Shuyue does not realize this, even after Jiang Wujie questions something she has only thought 19 28.

• Eligibility: People harboring ill intentions and those in the enemy camp cannot hear her thoughts 28.
• Range: The emperor, Prince Huai, and Zhou Yunshen establish reliable reception within three hundred meters 28.
• Applications: Reveals conspiracies, alerts potential victims, and exposes information she never says aloud 18 23 27 46.
• Unintended consequences: Her romantic fantasies and intimate complaints are also broadcast to relatives, officials, and royalty 26 27.
• Political value: The three powerful listeners privately agree that she is Great Zhou’s most precious treasure 28.

System-Assisted Foreknowledge

Jiang Shuyue remembers parts of the original novel, while the system supplies hidden histories, motives, and future outcomes. Their knowledge allows characters to act before predicted tragedies occur 4 18 23 27.

• Identifies Li Qiner’s concealed crimes and helps expose her pregnancy 1 4.
• Reveals Jiang An and Qin Wanru’s plans to poison Madam Jiang and ruin her sons 18.
• Exposes Yu Wenzhong and Chen Tingting’s plot against Lin Shuangshuang 23.
• Reveals the actual culprit behind Prince Huai’s poisoning 27.
• Warns that Meng Tian’s new clothing has been drugged to produce a dangerous-looking rash 46.
• Limit: The future can diverge from the original plot; Chaohua’s engagement to Shen Zhiyi changes the expected course of her life 30.

Green Tea Points

The system rewards her for successful “green tea” performances: feigned sweetness, emotional manipulation, and defeating other outwardly innocent schemers. Taking down such opponents can earn bonus points 19 20 21.

Milestone	Chapter	Result
Commits to buying Jiang Chen’s Marrow-Cleansing Pill	18	Learns that the pill costs 300 points and begins deliberately pursuing rewards for his sake.
Defends Zhou Luming with an extravagant jewelry display	34	Earns 10 points for embarrassing the young women who mocked her daughter.
Counters Ji Ruhua’s provocation	41 42	Moves from 50 points short of the pill to only 10 points short.
Publicly outmaneuvers Chen Furong and Jiang Liuli	44	Passes 300 points; a Marrow-Cleansing Pill materializes in her pocket.

Social Manipulation

Jiang Shuyue uses exaggerated fragility and public etiquette to force opponents into unfavorable positions 13 40 44 47.

• Feigned tears: Makes Liuli’s accusations expose the Jiang household’s mistreatment instead 13 19.
• Staged accidents: Engineers the breaking of earrings and blames Liuli; later collapses before Chen Furong actually touches her 20 44.
• Threatened imperial consequences: Claims a broken hairpin is an imperial gift and persuades Liuli to kneel until a decree arrives, though she never intends to seek one 40.
• Strategic kinship: Becomes Consort Shu’s sworn sister and includes Liuli, making Liuli the Fourth Prince’s “second aunt” and obstructing his marriage plans 47 48.
• Use of protection: Secures Zhou Yunshen’s support before the palace banquet and invokes the consequences of harming his wife 41 47.

Practical Capabilities and Limits

• Quick reactions: Catches Li Qiner before her staged faint can prevent a medical examination 4.
• Direct retaliation: Grapples with Zhao Lushuang and knocks Ji Ruhua unconscious with a thrown teacup 35 42.
• Danger recognition: Identifies the fragrance in Consort Xian’s palace as a miscarriage-inducing mixture 30.
• Weak domestic and literary skills: Struggles with sewing, writes absurd poetry, and sings off-key despite considerable confidence 11 12.
• Unproven feats: Proposes smashing a boulder on her chest but admits she has never practiced it; the performance is stopped before it occurs 47.
• Limited system assistance: The system cannot administer electric shocks and refuses to intervene during her marital encounters 22 26.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Marrow-Cleansing Pill — Obtained after passing 300 Green Tea Points; intended for Jiang Chen. Its medicinal fragrance refreshes her, but the supplied passages do not show her administering it 18 44.
• Spirit-Melding Pill, planned purchase — Costs 1,000 points and could restore Prince Huai’s legs. She intends to pursue it after helping her brother 32.
• Youth-Restoring Pills, planned purchases — Hopes to obtain them for Zhou Luming and Chu Xin’er 43 44.
• Salted fish and cured meat — Homecoming gifts that become part of the retaliation against Liuli after the courtyard exchange 12 17.
• Decorated riding crops — Orders a hundred small whips and skilled craftsmen, then presents Consort Shu with an embarrassing, suggestive collection 42 48.
• Tea garden — Plants tea bushes at the residence and crowns them with expensive flower blossoms, calling them her little disciples 12.

Relationships

• Zhou Yunshen — Husband and principal protector. Her attraction grows into trust as he defends her against both households’ mistreatment; her admiration of other men regularly provokes his jealousy 10 11 13 26 36.
• Zhou Luming — Stepdaughter whom she immediately adores and vows to save from a horrific predicted death. Luming returns her affection with food, jewelry, and physical protection 4 10 34 49.
• Zhou Shiye — Stepson who quietly supports her and waits at the gate to show her maternal relatives that she can no longer be bullied 7 25.
• Zhou Sesong — Stepchild touched by her protective thoughts; eagerly feeds her and promises to hunt more birds for her meals 7 10.
• Jiang Chen — Second brother. She recognizes his martial potential, saves for his pill, and supports his relationship with Lin Shuangshuang; he promises to protect her 18 22 23 44.
• Jiang Wujie — Eldest brother. Initially confronts her on Liuli’s behalf, then apologizes after learning how Liuli distorted his intentions and mistreated Shuyue 19 20 21 22.
• Liu Rulan / Madam Jiang — Mother of the body’s original owner. Their relationship begins with neglect and Shuyue’s emotional detachment, but Madam Jiang becomes suspicious of the conspirators and actively defends her daughter 13 14 16 39.
• Jiang An — Father of the original body and a target of Shuyue’s revenge. The system exposes his child-swapping scheme, greed, and plans against his wife and sons 15 18.
• Jiang Liuli — Sister in name and recurring rival. Shuyue exposes her theft, hypocrisy, and plagiarism while using their confrontations to earn points 20 21 40 46.
• Princess Chaohua — Friend whom Shuyue protects against Consort Xian’s obsession and miscarriage trap 29 30.
• Prince Huai — Royal ally who becomes deeply grateful after overhearing her intention to cure his disability 26 32.
• The emperor — Affectionate royal acquaintance and secret listener who values her foreknowledge, feeds her generously, and follows her to hear more gossip 27 28 30.
• Consort Shu and the Fourth Prince — Enemies whose future actions threaten the Zhou family. Shuyue uses sworn sisterhood and public teasing to undermine them 4 45 47 48 49.
• The system — Information source, reward provider, and sarcastic companion. Their arguments and banter are also audible to her eligible listeners 12 18 28.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Chapters	Major developments
Wedding and entry into the Zhou family	1 2 4 5 6 7	Counters Li Qiner, marries Zhou Yunshen, learns the children’s tragic futures, and resolves to protect them. The system also identifies a servant destined to poison the original Shuyue.
Establishing a home	10 11 12	Receives protection and freedom at the residence, bonds with the children, and creates her tea garden.
Jiang family homecoming	13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22	Exposes the inherited identity’s mistreatment, Jiang An’s schemes, and Liuli’s manipulation. Reconciles with both brothers and pursues Jiang Chen’s martial future.
Lin Shuangshuang’s celebration	23	Her thoughts expose a planned abusive marriage. Jiang Chen arranges his proposal, while the Lin family catches the conspirators.
First imperial court visit	26 27 28	Arrives asleep in her husband’s arms, reveals the truth behind Prince Huai’s poisoning, and inadvertently helps secure Chaohua’s preferred marriage. Powerful listeners establish the rules of her inner voice.
Protecting Chaohua	29 30 32	Reveals Consort Xian’s crimes and helps Chaohua avoid a miscarriage-framing trap. Afterward, she commits to seeking a cure for Prince Huai.
Teahouse conflict and household provocations	34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42	Defends Luming, exposes Zhao Lushuang’s manipulation, embarrasses herself while drunk, punishes Liuli through a false imperial-gift crisis, and defeats Ji Ruhua’s attempt to provoke her.
Consort Shu’s birthday banquet	43 44 45 46 47 48 49	Obtains Jiang Chen’s pill, exposes dangers and plagiarism, forces a sworn sisterhood, and disrupts the Fourth Prince’s marriage plans. Luming saves her when the prince swings at her.
Visit to the empress	49 50	Enjoys the empress’s hospitality and hears of a future conspiracy involving a transmigrator, the Fourth Prince, multiple royal heirs, and Murong Tianci.

Notable Quotes

“No, no! Who do you think I am? The world's number one spectator of juicy drama! Of course I have to rush to the front lines!” 35

“Peonies and jasmine used to laugh at me for being green all over and unable to bloom. Now I'll show them that green tea gets its own spring, too!” 12

“You can take anything else, but not my husband. Don't you dare set your sights on him!” 20