After Nuwa earned immeasurable merit by repairing the sky, she died and was reborn. But the old King of Hell got drunk and botched the job, sending her to the wrong place: a novel for female readers, where she was bound to a gossip System.
Her father was a loyal and upright official, but he was framed by corrupt ministers. After going hungry for a month, he died on the battlefield.
Her mother was the most beautiful woman in the land, virtuous and kind, but she was falsely accused of adultery and drowned in a pig cage.
Her eldest brother was a brilliant scholar and the new top candidate in the imperial exams, but a petty rival cut out his tongue and threw him off a cliff. His body was never found.
Her second brother was a martial arts prodigy and a future general, but he was lovesick. To prove his devotion, he crippled his own meridians and became an invalid, while the woman he loved married someone else.
Her third brother was a business genius, but his competitors set him up. He was jailed and died a miserable death in prison.
Her fourth sister was skilled in the occult, but was accused of practicing evil sorcery and burned at the stake.
Her fifth sister was virtuous and talented, but her husband’s family abused her to death, then whipped her corpse.
Her sixth brother was a medical genius, taken on as a disciple by the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, but a noble consort framed him. He was mutilated and left to die in the palace.
Her seventh sister was born with great strength and excelled at making weapons, but she was falsely accused of treason and executed by being torn apart by five horses.
The whole family were good people with outstanding talents, yet none of them met a good end.
Qi Xiaoya was heartbroken, only to discover that every one of her family’s doomed side characters had changed their fate. Even she, still clutching a baby bottle, had been acknowledged by the emperor as his ancestor.