Medicine is her blade; power and intrigue are her game.
Lin Xi, a modern surgeon, dies suddenly and becomes Su Qingge, the frail, gravely ill daughter of the Grand Tutor’s household in ancient times.
The empress has been poisoned with a strange toxin, the crown prince’s life hangs by a thread, and palace secrets from twenty years ago are entangled with present-day conspiracies like creeping vines. With medical skills far ahead of her time, she becomes the only variable in this seemingly hopeless game.
Save one life, crack one case, bring peace to a dynasty.
From a pawn at others’ mercy to a healer who calls the moves, she will use a single silver needle to pierce every disguise in this palace that devours its inhabitants, and carve out a path to the throne for herself.
