The Shen family has been executed, and Shen Qingci bears the monstrous false accusation of treason. She enters Yongdu alone, vowing to clear her family’s name and kill her enemies with her own hands!
In public, she is the destitute daughter of a disgraced official. In secret, she is the master of the Xuan Ying Pavilion, which commands the realm’s spy network. Her silver needles can save lives, or strike down the wicked.
She advances carefully at every turn, only to cross paths with Xiao Jingyuan, Prince of Jing, whose power overwhelms the court and whose cold face hides a taste for slaughter.
He is investigating the mystery of his father, the Duke of Zhenbei, while she is uncovering the massacre of the Shen family. The two cases share the same roots. From a tense battle of wills to standing shoulder to shoulder through life and death, the two rule as equals, emperor and empress, and shape the fate of the realm!
Along the way, she dishes out face-slapping and brings villains to ruin as her secret identities are exposed one after another. She sweeps through the four seas and eight wilds, restores peace and prosperity to the realm, and guards the love they share, faithful to each other for life.
