In her previous life, Shen Qingci, the legitimate eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, was timid and meek, easily manipulated by others. Her hypocritical half-sister, biased stepmother, and scumbag fiancé conspired against her. They seized her birth mother’s dowry, framed her father and had him exiled, then brought ruin upon the entire family. At last, she was forced to drink poison and died with hatred in her heart!
As she lay dying, she swore through her tears: If I am granted another life, every last one of my enemies will pay in blood!
When she opened her eyes again, she was reborn beside a lotus pond. Her half-sister was pretending to help her, but was actually trying to push her into the water and recreate the humiliation of her past life!
A cold gleam flashed in Shen Qingci’s eyes. She seized her half-sister and dragged her into the pond, exposing her hypocritical mask on the spot. “You want to hurt me? Ask me first if I’ll let you!”
From then on, the once-soft and timid legitimate daughter transformed into a shrewd strategist. She had no interest in romance and relied on no man, devoting herself to revenge and restoring the Duke of Zhenguo’s household!
Her half-sister tries to trip her up? Shen Qingci strikes back on the spot, ruining her reputation and leaving her disgraced!
Her stepmother covets the dowry? Shen Qingci fights back to the bitter end, reclaims every last bit with interest, and strips her of control over the household!
The scumbag prince tests her? She breaks off the engagement in public and exposes his plan to use her, making him the laughingstock of the capital!
A corrupt official blocks her way? She outmaneuvers him, has his family arrested and put to death without mercy, and clears every obstacle!
From a noble daughter of a marquis’s household to a Grand Princess who holds power over the court, she commands strategy and rules her family. Loyal ministers surround her, but not one can slow her progress as she builds her own power!
It is really a disaster for a woman to have a golden finger when she is in power. The heroine's mother is, and so is the heroine. At most, it's just pretentious to satisfy vanity.