The Mastermind Can Bring a City to Its Knees

Shen Zhiyi, a top modern business strategy consultant, is driven to her death by the people closest to her, both family and lover. When she opens her eyes again, she has become a merchant's illegitimate daughter in ancient times, bearing the same name and facing a deadly frame-up.

On the eve of her wedding, with conspiracies closing in, she smiles and turns the inner quarters into a psychological battlefield. A few words are enough to turn a wicked servant against her masters, revealing her talent as a "master of human nature."

Afterward, she transforms a failing spice shop into the capital's latest sensation with the concept of "emotional healing." She easily resolves business battles that seem hopeless with equity incentives and brand strategy. She believes she will trust only herself in this life, until she meets Prince Yi, Gu Linyuan, a "living King of Hell" who wields power across the court yet abhors being touched.

He wants the rare peace she brings to his side; she borrows the overwhelming power in his hands. From an exchange of interests to entrusting each other with their lives, they are both the most dangerous of allies and the prisoners who understand each other best.

When the sealed blood feud from her past life and a shocking court conspiracy come to light, she uses herself as bait to lay the ultimate trap. This time, she will destroy every enemy and share the peaceful, prosperous age she built with her own hands with the man beside her.

This is a story of how a superior mind can crush its opponents through sheer strategic advantage, and how two hardened hearts can save each other.