On the night of her coming-of-age ceremony, as blood suddenly flashed before her eyes, Shen Qingyue finally understood that her seemingly gentle elder sister was harboring murderous intent. Reborn on the eve of that torrential storm, she vowed never again to be a lamb waiting for slaughter. With a poisoned hairpin in hand, she would pierce the hearts of everyone who wanted her dead!
When the Prince of Zhenbei resolutely shook the imperial court, his presence, cold as a blade, seemed to seal her extraordinary fate. The secrets of the old dynasty, hidden among the medicine bottles of a court physician in the Palace Medical Bureau, gradually came to light. Shen Qingyue would use her knowledge of poisons as pieces on a chessboard, expertly calculating people's hearts and tearing apart the lies of the palace. In this struggle, she would rise from humble beginnings, step by step, all the way to the phoenix throne, and uncover the truth behind the massacre that destroyed the late empress's family!
