[Female lead with no romance + legitimate daughter’s revenge + household intrigue and political schemes + evenly matched rivals + four siblings joining forces + battles in court + a woman’s career comeback]
Seventeen years of lies, shattered in a single awakening.
The matriarch of the Shen family in Jiangnan was poisoned to death. Her twin children, a boy and a girl, were switched at birth. The legitimate son became a puppet in the hands of his enemy, while the legitimate daughter lived inside a colossal lie spun by her stepmother.
But Pei Zhaowan does not know that Shen Lingyi, who has pretended to be mad for fifteen years, has already woven an inescapable net amid the ashes; Pei Lingwan, who has played the sweet and foolish girl for three years, keeps irrefutable written evidence close to her body and advances at every turn; the taciturn Shen Ling'an has made mechanisms into weapons and kept a diary as evidence, recording seven years of poisoning crimes; and Shen Lingzhao has hidden her abilities for seventeen years, but now wields her shuttle like a sword and raises brocade as her banner. She is the sharpest blade for tearing open every conspiracy!
Four people who clawed their way out of a sea of corpses swear a blood oath in a secret chamber and become siblings for life and death!
At the birthday banquet, a blood test exposes the scheme that switched the children seventeen years ago. A light-and-shadow device reveals their monstrous crimes to the world, driving the mad stepmother to disfigure herself and flee in disgrace! At the mass grave, they turn the tables in a desperate fight, sever her support and destroy her foundations, shattering the conspiracy she spent seventeen years building!
She lays a deadly trap in Jiangnan, so we use the embroidery workshops as our base, advance step by step, seize control of Jiangnan’s silk trade, and counter every move she makes!
From a lonely girl in the inner quarters to a female official overseeing Jiangnan’s textile industry, Shen Lingzhao leads her siblings through a bloody path to survival. She will not only make her enemies pay for their blood debts, but also weave a way to a better life for weavers everywhere!
Complete, with no dropped ending! This is not a fast-paced wish-fulfillment story. Expect both angst and excitement, so read with care if that’s not for you.
Note: The female lead has no romantic pairing throughout and devotes herself to her career. Only a few supporting characters receive brief mentions of their eventual fates at the end, without taking up any of the main plot.
