She was once the most noble woman in Dayong - the legitimate daughter of King Zhenbei, the daughter of Princess Changle, and the crown prince's concubine.
Everyone said that she was destined to be a good mother, and that she was born to be a mother in the world. But only she knew how much poison and sword light were hidden under that phoenix crown.
The moment the three-foot white silk was strangled into her neck, she finally saw the true face of everyone - her stepmother's hypocritical smile, her sister's happy eyes, and the prince's indifference. It was also at that moment that she saw the man she thought hated her to the core, Ninth Prince Xiao Heng, rushing into the East Palace covered in blood just to take one last look at her.
Before her consciousness dissipated, a voice asked her: If you had it to do over again, would you be willing to live for yourself?
She is willing. She was so willing.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back to the night before her birthday when she was fifteen. Everything has not started yet - Mrs. Liu has not yet poisoned the soup, the queen has not betrothed her to the prince, and the man who bloodbathed the East Palace for her is still alive in this world.
In this life, she will no longer be a chess piece at the mercy of others. She wants to be the one who plays chess and makes everyone who failed her pay the price.
From the palace in Zhenbei to the backyard of the deep palace, from games in the court to battles on the battlefield, she worked step by step, borrowing swords to kill people. She wants to find out the truth behind her mother's death, bring down the powerful queen, and help the man who died for her in her previous life ascend to the throne.
But when she finally stood on the top of power, she discovered that the biggest secret was hidden in her own life experience——
And the person she wants to protect the most also hides a secret that can subvert the entire dynasty...
