After the Emperor Broke Off Our Engagement, I Turned the Court Upside Down

The Grand Princess who defended the country throughout her life and her consort were framed by the Empress Dowager and killed by the Rongdi. From childhood, their orphaned daughter, Commandery Princess Tai'an, carefully laid the pieces of a revenge plot. Two imperial edicts left by the late emperor, a Sword of Imperial Authority: everyone could be used as a chess piece, even the one moving them... Embezzlement by the Minister of Revenue uncovers a treasonous collaboration with the enemy from years ago. His entire clan is executed. The Minister of War takes his own life in his residence. The power-hungry chief councillor is poisoned in prison. The Empress Dowager is so enraged that she vomits blood, with little time left to live... Using herself as bait and making herself a piece on the board, she seems to have everything under control. Qin Haoxuan, the second legitimate son of Prince Jing, is of noble birth, yet was torn from his family as an infant and left to wander the martial world. He thinks he's doing a good deed when he cripples the useless heir who covets Commandery Princess Tai'an, never realizing he's ruined her game. “How about I make myself a piece on the board and help you win this game?” In his heart, though, he is already scheming how to make sure she can never let go of this little chess piece of his.