[Transmigrate into a book + historical romance + face-slapping + happy ending]
Yu Zhaozhao dies suddenly at her workbench while restoring the Song-dynasty Xuantian Jade. When she opens her eyes again, she's become the cannon-fodder legitimate daughter in an old-fashioned political intrigue novel, a girl infatuated with the crown prince who is ultimately sentenced to drink poison.
“Miss Yu, you're quite good at playing the victim.” Watching the original heroine pretend to be on the verge of tears by the pond, she scoffs and overturns the original plot. “Are you planning to fake a fall into the water so the crown prince will take pity on you?” Her shout not only foils the scheme, but also draws the attention of the secret guards from Prince Jing's manor outside the capital: Mo Yunyu, the cold-faced prince who was falsely accused of rebellion, crippled, and placed under house arrest.
An imperial edict arrives without warning, betrothing her to Mo Yunyu, rumored to be vicious and volatile. On their wedding night, the man grips her chin, his eyes full of unrelenting fury. “If you're so infatuated with the crown prince, why marry me?” Yu Zhaozhao smiles and lays out her terms. “I'll help you uncover the truth behind the Xuanwu Gate Incident and heal your leg. You keep my family safe. What do you say?” She knows the plot inside out,
As their partnership deepens, she uses modern medicine to treat his leg. When Wen Yan frames her for “meeting another man in secret,” he rolls his wheelchair across the stone courtyard and declares, his voice shaking the whole court, “No one else has the right to criticize my princess consort.”
He watches her piece together a conspiracy from fragments of cultural relics and use account books to trace and expose the mole. His guarded heart slowly crumbles. She sees the records of the grain he secretly released from storage and discovers the tenderness he has concealed for years. Her own heart begins to stir.
When the two halves of the Xuantian Jade are joined, the late emperor's testament and the truth about the rebellion are revealed in a thunderous upheaval. They take control of the capital without bloodshed
