Su Wan, a modern legal elite, transmigrates and becomes a concubine-born daughter of the Minister's Residence, bullied by everyone. She wants to keep a low profile and survive, but a jade pendant hiding a mystery draws her into the treacherous struggle for imperial power. Facing her legitimate elder sister's poisoning and false accusations, as well as one deadly scheme after another in the imperial harem, she uses modern legal reasoning to untangle the clues and her knowledge of chemistry to unravel a witchcraft mystery. Amid the mechanisms beneath Taiye Lake and the hidden realm of the Valley of the Medicine Immortal, she quietly changes the course of her fate.
Xiao Chengyu, the stern and domineering Prince of Dingbei, and Xiao Chengheng, the deep and calculating Crown Prince, are both drawn to her intelligence and courage. The three of them navigate crises including a corruption case in the Ministry of Revenue and an illusion conjured by a crystal ball from the Western Regions, and feelings quietly take root. But when the Seven-Star Lantern Array is activated and fragments of the late Emperor's edict come to light, Su Wan is shocked to discover that she is of royal blood, and that the seemingly dignified Empress is the true mastermind who has been lying in wait for twenty years!
When the two princes turn against each other over her, and the secrets of the entire dynasty are about to be revealed, can Su Wan, holding the imperial edict, use her modern wisdom to break a thousand-year-old deadlock? Where will this struggle of power, love, hatred, and truth ultimately lead?
This chapter starts off with a bang! Traveling through a thunderstorm night, the concubine was framed by her sister-in-law. The heroine instantly opened the lawyer's brain and exposed the fake account books in a few seconds. It was extremely exciting! The sapphire jade oozes blood, hooks the imperial edict, and even pulls out the influence of the prince. The hook is so dense that after reading it, I immediately want to follow the next chapter!