Xiao Wangshu is sacrificed by her family to become empress, and on her wedding night she witnesses her “father” die a gruesome death. The moment the gold bangle on her wrist begins to hum, she foresees enemy troops attacking the southeastern grain route three days later. But she has no idea whether this gift of prophecy is a blessing or a curse.
> A discarded empress in the cold palace? A spy from an enemy nation? Xie Wugou's blue robes are stained with blood, and the missing finger on his left hand conceals the secret behind the slaughter of her entire city. When the Empress Dowager's alchemy furnace explodes, revealing an imperial decree from the previous dynasty, old allies who have been lying low deliver a bloodstained letter: “Your Highness, it's time to close the net.”
> In this game of strategy, where prophecy is the blade, the deadliest move is the desire she cannot suppress for her sworn enemy.
