At sixty-five, Liu Jinfeng, the chicken seller known as the "Chicken-Killing Beauty" at the market, slips and transmigrates into the body of Shen Yuening, an eighteen-year-old princess consort to the regent.
The original owner was timid and useless, a mere decoration in the prince's residence. Even a secondary consort dared to shove her down and kill her. But now, her body houses a tough old granny who spent half her life navigating the market and knows all about human nature and the "art of deconstruction."
When her meals are cut, she grabs a cleaver and storms into the kitchen. Her slick chicken-killing technique leaves the entire household's servants stunned. Faced with trouble at the palace banquet, she pulls out a god-tier whole-chicken feast and wins over the Empress Dowager and the young emperor with a bowl of hot chicken soup. When the rear courtyard is "haunted," she sets a precise trap and catches the "ghost" with her bare hands, exposing the scheming secondary consort on the spot.
Regent Murong Zheng thought he had married a useless pawn and watched her coldly from the sidelines. But gradually, he realizes something is different about his princess consort. She uses streetwise wisdom to defuse political attacks, applies common kitchen knowledge to improve the city's defensive weapons, and even dares to use the dangerous method of "fighting poison with poison" to drag him back from the gates of death when he is struck by a deadly toxin.
From abandoned consort in the cold courtyard to beloved of the people, from the prince's residence to the imperial court, Shen Yuening uses an invisible "cleaver" to carve through plots and schemes and prepare a whole new world.
When all is settled, the regent, whose power extends across the realm, takes her hand and asks, "Just how many surprises does Your Highness still have up her sleeve?"
Lying in her rocking chair, she looks back with a smile. "Not many. I've only killed chickens and protected the country, after all."
This is a story of wisdom, courage, and the warmth of everyday life. Watch as a master of the common folk navigates the flashing blades of the inner household and the imperial court with ease, living a brilliant second life.
