Shen Qingyan, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, has been frail since childhood and has always been fond of decoctions. She is a sickly beauty known to everyone in Beijing.
But no one knew that beneath this skin of broken bones, there was a cold and ruthless heart.
Hibernating in the south of the Yangtze River for more than ten years, she laid out hidden clues and weaved a dense web, just to protect the Shen family and avenge the blood feud of the past.
The prince coveted her, took her by force, and regarded her as a plaything in his palm;
Xiao Heng planned and planned every step of the way, hoping to use her to overthrow the Shen family;
Su Wanqing was jealous and vicious, and secretly killed her many times.
In the capital city where the storm is about to come, all forces are intertwined and murderous intentions are everywhere.
She used her illness as a shield and calculation as a blade, turning herself into the sharpest chess piece, dealing with tigers and wolves.
Pretending to be flattering, secretly planning, and borrowing the help of others to eliminate serious troubles.
There is also the seemingly dandy Lu Jingyuan, the prince of Ding'an Hou, who is both enemy and friend, testing every step of the way.
When the sick beauty overturns the chessboard, and when the dark web tightens its grip, in this game of power, who is the prey and who is the chess player?
Let's see how the second young lady of the Shen family stirred up the storm in the capital city with a diseased body, turned things around, and took charge of her own destiny.
