Shen, the legitimate daughter of a top-notch family, was born in the womb, was secretly exchanged in her infancy, and became a brothel prostitute. In the memory of her two lifetimes, the rotten food in the courtyard, the scars from the soldering iron, and the images of the fake daughter wearing her jade lock and smiling at her being trampled, made her know what hell is like.
Hide your sharp claws, use music, chess, calligraphy and painting as bait, and rely on observation of words and expressions as a knife. Facing the fake daughter and the snake-scorpion stepmother who occupy the magpie's nest, she works hard at every step, vowing to tear off his mask; when dealing with the prince, businessmen, and censors, she only talks about using it - you want power, she will hand you the knife; you are greedy for profit, she will pave the way; you flaunt your righteousness, she will send you the script of justice.
She turns men's ambition, greed, and justice into pawns, allowing them to regard her as a bird in a cage, while she secretly creates a dragnet.
In the end, the fake daughter was exiled and her stepmother was thrown into the cold palace. She took off her brothel attire and went to the Jinluan Palace as the legitimate daughter of the Shen family. She supported the new emperor and named herself the regent princess. Facing the man below her who once despised and used her, she turned the jade lock she had found and chuckled: "On the chessboard of this palace, only chess pieces are placed, not feelings."
This is the story of a time-traveling woman who rises from the mire of a brothel, catches all the powerful, holds power, and makes those who betray her surrender.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
