Help! I Won Over Every Legitimate Heir

She was the most lowly illegitimate daughter of the Shen family. Her mother died young, and her life was as worthless as a blade of grass, yet overnight she was thrust into the heart of a power struggle.

The legitimate eldest son broke his vows for her, the illegitimate son turned dark for her, and the adopted son toppled a dynasty for her.

In the ancestral hall, dressed in her wedding robes and holding an ancestral tablet, she swore in blood: “Today you force me to kneel. One day, I’ll make you kneel before me.”

The imperial city went up in flames, blood stained the vermilion gates. She climbed the high terrace wearing her phoenix crown, then casually tossed it aside. “What does the world have to do with me?”

A hundred years later, a new page appeared in the Shen family genealogy:

“Shen Ruwei, female, heir apparent, loyal and benevolent. The whole realm mourned her passing.”

Red snow covered the gates, and a flute sounded in the distance. Only then did they understand: she had never wanted power, only a home.