In her previous life, she gave her heart to the wrong man and helped the man she loved ascend the throne. In return, her family was destroyed, and she was deposed and tortured to death. Only as she lay dying did she see through her half-sister’s hypocrisy and the crown prince’s cold-heartedness.
Reborn from the ashes, the poison doctor returns. When she opens her eyes again, she is back at the age of fifteen, before tragedy has struck. This time, she will no longer be a pawn for others to manipulate. Armed with unmatched skills in poison and medicine and the foresight of her past-life memories, she swears that everyone who betrayed, harmed, or hurt her loved ones will pay in blood!
Within the household, she schemes at every turn, exposes conspiracies, cleans house, and reclaims power. In the capital, she establishes the Splendid Pavilion, presenting herself as a merchant while secretly building an intelligence network, using economic power to choke her enemies. She saves the powerful, earns influence, and deftly navigates the forces around her, driving her old enemies toward ruin one by one.
Yet the road to revenge is never smooth. Her hypocritical half-sister and the ruthless crown prince unleash one poisonous scheme after another, while the court seethes with undercurrents and the mysterious Heavenly Secrets Pavilion watches from the shadows. Just when she thinks everything is under control, Yuwen Yuan, the cold and aloof regent who holds power over the court, forcefully enters her life.
He knows her secret and sees through her disguise, coming to her aid time and again when she is in grave danger. One rainy night, he declares, “The one I want is you, Su Wanqing, standing by my side.”
Is this an alliance of convenience, or a bond of true devotion? As the mysteries of her rebirth and her origins are revealed one after another, and the vengeance owed to her family and country must be weighed against the fate of all under heaven, what will Su Wanqing choose?
