Chu Yao is a female liar who travels around the world, relying on her sharp tongue and her skill of "telling fortunes by touching bones" to earn a living. Her biggest ideal in life is to save enough five hundred taels of silver to buy a small yard in Jiangnan for retirement. Until that day, she was caught cheating in a casino. When she woke up, she found herself lying in an eight-carriage sedan chair, wearing a phoenix crown and a garnet, with walnuts stuffed in her mouth, being carried into the gate of the East Palace.
In the wedding night of the "Prince", Chu Yao lifted his hijab and saw a "man" with a face like a crown of jade sitting opposite him - no, a woman. The moment the "Prince" strangled her neck, Chu Yao subconsciously bit the opponent's jaws open and a mouthful of blood entered her throat: the picture that exploded in her mind told her that this Crown Prince was the eldest princess of the current dynasty disguised as a man. Her biological father, the Emperor, had died three months ago and was kept secret by the Queen Mother and powerful ministers.
Chu Yao's first goal is very practical: not to be silenced. Her only bargaining chip was the secret brought by the mouthful of blood. She made a deal with the fake prince - you protect my life, and I will be the princess for you and protect you from open and secret attacks in the harem. But when she began to use "blood-drinking diagnosis" to decipher the secrets of the concubines and courtiers in the harem one by one, she discovered a truth far more terrifying than "the princess pretending to be the prince" - the emperor did not die. He is still alive. Just underneath the palace. And the way he lives is more terrifying than dying...
