Reborn in the year she turned fifteen and her family began arranging her marriage, Shen Zhiwei sneered and tore up the marriage contract.
In her previous life, she had poured her heart and soul into her family, only to have her worth wrung dry before she was fed to wild dogs.
In this life, she holds a bronze mirror and swears to drag every jackal and tiger down to hell.
Her third uncle tries to seize her salt licenses? The very next day, the Salt Administration receives ironclad proof of his embezzlement.
Her cousin sabotages her trade routes? In the blink of an eye, her backer is uprooted.
Her grandmother forces her to become a concubine? The old master’s private treasury is emptied in no time.
She climbs over the corpses of her enemies, yet someone is always secretly clearing the obstacles in her path.
Then, on a stormy night, she confronts her kin in the ancestral hall, and a bloodstained ledger lands before the clan elders.
She looks up and sees Pei Yan standing outside with an umbrella. “How long have you been enjoying the show, Marquis?”
He strides through the rain and places a bloodied salt license in her palm. “I’ve been waiting for this moment ever since the day you tore up the marriage contract.”
Later, she takes control of Jiangnan’s financial lifelines, while he turns his sword against corrupt officials at court.
On the day the new emperor ascends the throne, he kneels before all the people:
“Clan Leader Shen, will you join me in commanding the game of the world?”
It's pretty cool, looking forward to the follow-up!