Chi Xuyuan, the legitimate daughter of the former prime minister, narrowly escapes after her entire family is framed by her stepmother, fiancé, and the Second Prince and sentenced to death by beheading.
Hidden golden finger: her family’s lost ancestral knowledge of divine medicine and poisons, a photographic memory, and a mastery of reading and manipulating people.
Personality: Cautious and determined to survive at first, then decisive and ruthless. Clear-headed and never blinded by love. Revenge comes first, with building her own power and taking on the imperial court along the way.
Core goals: Clear her family’s name, kill her three archenemies with her own hands, protect the few loyal servants who remain, and claim a voice of her own without relying on a man.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
