Not a romance! No romantic pairing! Political intrigue! Violent heroine!
Xie Jinglan, the general’s widow, was a thief hated by everyone until the general saved her.
To repay him, she vowed to protect his two children.
In the eyes of the world, she is a demon.
Everyone is waiting to see how this wicked woman and the children will meet a miserable end.
But she just smiled.
With one hand, she hauls along her scheming, white-lotus son who can hear people’s thoughts; with the other, she drags her freakishly strong little girl who can empty entire storehouses.
Either they plunge into the abyss together, or they join forces to slay the gods and remake the rules of this world.
The clan elders want to seize the family fortune? She’ll send them underground to reunite with their ancestors.
The prefect suspects her of theft? Too noisy. Only the dead know how to keep quiet.
The powerful officials at court want to wipe them out? Perfect. They can join the general in the grave!
And you, in the palace: you’re next.
The world the general gave his life to protect?
Let’s turn it upside down.
