She was an abandoned daughter whom no one cared about, but her peerless beauty and extraordinary wit swept her into a whirlpool of political intrigue, stirring the winds of change across the land!**
Fifteen years ago, Liu, a concubine in the Vice Minister of Rites' household, died in childbirth, leaving behind a baby girl named Yun Shang. Her cruel and heartless stepmother, Cui, abandoned the infant in a remote mountain nunnery, leaving her to fend for herself.
Fifteen years later, beside a stream near Jingxin Nunnery, a girl in plain clothes looked back while washing silk. That single, stunning glimpse made passing nobles turn their heads. Yun Shang grew up in the nunnery, outwardly meek, but with the seeds of revenge already planted in her heart. When she discovered her mother's blood letter and jade pendant, and learned that her birth mother's death concealed another story, she secretly trained in martial arts and plotted, vowing to uncover the truth.
Xiao Yu, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei, is cold and deep; the Seventh Prince, Zhou Jingheng, is gentle as jade; and the Crown Prince of Beidi, Wanyan Zhao, is arrogant and unruly. Each of these three powerful men has his own designs on her, drawn by her beauty and intelligence. Yet Yun Shang has long understood that in these troubled times, only by controlling her own fate can she avenge her mother and claim a place for herself in the world!
