[Mad, Twisted Villain] [Political Scheming] [Intense Push and Pull] [Lovers Turned Enemies]
After her soul transmigrates into the body of a concubine-born daughter pushed into the palace by her legitimate mother to die in someone else's place, Shen Qinglan is nothing more than an overlooked court lady on the day she enters the palace.
The Empress Dowager rules from behind the curtain, the empress holds power, and the man seated on the Dragon Throne is a puppet emperor, frail and close to death.
Everyone says the childlessness of the harem is heaven's will. Only she knows that every cup of imperial tea is a child he has personally taken from her.
She becomes the blade he keeps hidden in the dark, helping him kill the empress and eliminate the Empress Dowager.
She watches him kill her dearest friend with her own eyes, and also sees him spare the child in her womb.
That night, though she knows better, she still trusts him.
Later, she wears the phoenix crown, wields the vermilion brush, and commands the submission of the entire court.
When he awakens on his sickbed and sees the blade he raised with his own hands, he feels the urge to kill for the first time.
On the day the poisoned wine is bestowed, only the two of them remain in the hall.
He asks her, "Who do you think that cup of wine is for?"
