After transmigrating, Shen Zhao spends just three months as a palace maid before the empress selects her to take the place of the legitimate princess and marry off to Yan.
Neither of the two princesses sent to marry for peace before her survived six months.
The empress wants her dead on the road, the emperor treats her as a pawn, and the harem in Yan has already sharpened its knives.
Yet Shen Zhao survives.
When a flash flood hits Panlong Ridge, she saves five hundred members of the diplomatic mission.
When floods ravage Qingshi Town, a single word from her saves dozens of lives.
From then on, the whole realm says she is a lucky star descended from heaven, able to avert disaster and protect the nation’s fortunes.
Only Shen Zhao knows she is no goddess.
She simply saw, before anyone else, the hand hidden behind the disasters, palace intrigue, and political marriage.
On the night of the palace coup, she takes control of the young imperial grandson.
Ministers besiege the palace, the imperial clan fights for the throne, and the armies of three kingdoms bear down on them.
Everyone waits for her to hand over the imperial grandson and beg for mercy.
Instead, Shen Zhao carries the child into the imperial study and picks up the jade seal from the desk.
Outside the doors, the court officials curse her as a fake princess and a wicked woman who has thrown the government into chaos.
Behind her, Zhao He rests his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Shen Zhao looks down at the imperial grandson in her arms, then reaches out and takes the jade seal.
If everyone wants to use her as a pawn,
then she will be the one to move the pieces in this game of emperors.
