The World Is a Chessboard, and I Am the Player

[Farming + Court Politics]

Everyone said Shen Tingyuan was the most unfortunate woman in the capital.

She had been ill for twelve years, married a useless prince, and was sent to a barren northern frontier as his fief.

On the day the Empress Dowager bestowed the marriage, her family cried their eyes out.

No one noticed the faint smile at the corner of her mouth as she knelt to give thanks.

There was a forgotten grain route in the useless prince’s fief, one everyone had overlooked.

With that route in hand, she could make her move in this game for the empire.