After Breaking Off My Engagement, I Rose to Power Among the Wei-Jin Aristocratic Clans

A modern political superstar who once commanded the world opens her eyes to find herself the lowliest illegitimate daughter in a powerful clan. Her hypocritical stepmother forces her to take her elder sister’s place in a marriage to a brutal deposed prince, using her as a pawn in a deadly scheme? What a joke. Her political savvy from her previous life awakens alongside her ability to read people through their microexpressions! Even without a System, she can pinpoint anyone’s hand with a single glance!

When her legitimate elder sister frames her for theft, she calmly turns the tables. With just three questions, she not only leaves her sister publicly shaken, but also uncovers hard evidence of the matriarch’s embezzlement, sending the legitimate branch straight to prison! The heirs of the ninth-rank clans are horrified to discover that, before this illegitimate daughter, every scheme and deception is as transparent as glass!

From the inner courtyards of wealthy households to the imperial throne room, she rises step by step over the clans’ bones. At last, the cold-blooded regent, who commands a vast army, corners her against a wall. “The Xie family is plotting rebellion. Should I kill you or marry you?” She smiles faintly, watching his ears turn red. “Your Highness, your pupils have dilated. You’re lying.”