Shen Zhaoning is disguised as the vicious female supporting character who framed Zhongliang. In the original work, the Shen family was full of traitors and was eventually executed.
But when she opened her eyes, she saw that her family was poor, her father was an honest official, and her mother pawned her dowry to buy her clothes.
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty firmly believed that the Shen family were traitors and impeached them every day; the emperor knew the truth, but kept them as swordsmen; the loyal ministers were eyeing them and vowed to eliminate them as soon as possible.
Clarify? No one believed it. Lie flat? Waiting to die.
Shen Zhaoning was angry: Since everyone says I am a traitor, then I will rape you!
Taking bribes? Donate to the nursery instead. Forming a party for personal gain? Organize unemployed scholars to repair books. Framing Zhongliang? Transfer the loyal ministers who want to harm her to a wealthy land to enjoy their happiness.
She used the methods of a treacherous official to do things for upright officials, forcing the loyal people of the Manchu Dynasty to doubt their lives.
Until one day, the loyal ministers knelt on the ground: "Miss Shen, please stop acting!"
Shen Zhaoning:? How come I, a villain, have become a loyal family?