In the twentieth year of Hongning, Jiang Yao, the Crown Princess who had enjoyed every honor and favor, was struck down by the man she loved. He did it to help her closest friend take the throne as empress.
Amid cries of anguish, Jiang Yao was reborn, returning to five years earlier, when the Crown Prince came to propose and her parents and brothers all smiled. Only Jiang Yao seethed with hatred. The vengeance of her past life would be repaid in this one. How could anyone escape the consequences of their actions?
She turned herself into the Crown Prince's most secret and deadly blade, joining forces with the eunuch Wei Zhao to unleash a bloody storm of revenge.
She asked him, "Are you afraid?"
Wei Zhao sneered. "Your Highness favors me. Even if I must descend into hell, what have I to fear?"
Five years later, Wei Zhao, once a lowly eunuch, had become the powerful Chief Eunuch of the Eastern Depot. Standing above all others, he reached out to take her hand. "Your Highness, it has been too long."
