She is the general’s granddaughter and the marquis’s cast-off daughter.
Faced with a father who favors his concubine and neglects his wife, and a gravely ill mother, she lays her plans carefully, helps her mother divorce, and returns to her maternal family with a vast fortune.
As a woman, she secretly goes into business, builds the Nine Provinces Trade Alliance, and runs the Brocade Kylin Pavilion intelligence network, stirring up a storm in the seemingly peaceful Great Song dynasty, a fictional setting.
A carefree young heir keeps her company with jokes and laughter, yet he is her sharpest hidden blade.
A deep-thinking strategist protects her in silence, becoming her keenest adviser.
When the throne is threatened by infighting and foreign enemies invade, she uses commerce to control the nation’s fortunes and strategy to shape the world.
From a sheltered young woman to an empress, she walks this path with every step fraught with danger, yet shines with dazzling brilliance.
Well enough. Write faster! [Pouts]