[Strong Female Lead] [No Romance] [Transmigration]
My name is Yao Jue. In my previous life, I was a top con artist who specialized in swindling corrupt tycoons. In the end, I died taking my enemy down with me.
When I opened my eyes again, I was a condemned prisoner in Yong’s imperial prison, due to be executed in three days.
A young empress sat on the throne, while a scheming imperial uncle and a powerful chancellor eyed her from the court.
Two hundred thousand cavalry pressed against the northern border, demanding that she marry into their nation and surrender territory.
Not one official in the entire court dared to serve as an envoy to the enemy.
Gripping the bars of my cell, I shouted, “Send me! I can bluff my way into getting Beishuo to withdraw its troops!”
From then on, a condemned prisoner became the sharpest blade in the empress’s hand.
I took a cartload of fake “national treasures” and went alone into the enemy camp.
Tuoba Lie told me to crawl through a dog hole. I smiled and asked, “Is Beishuo a nation of dogs?”
A general drew his sword and threatened to cook me for a meal. I said, “Kill an envoy, and your nation’s fortunes will decline and your bloodline will die out.”
I exposed the fact that his provisions were running low, rebellion was brewing in his rear, and other nations were closing in on all sides.
I forged a secret pact between three nations, forcing him to sign a ten-year treaty, open border markets, and pay compensation in warhorses.
When I returned in triumph, I became the first woman in three hundred years to hold one of Yong’s Nine Ministerial Offices, overseeing the nation’s diplomacy.
Prince Jing sharpened his knife in the shadows. “If this woman isn’t eliminated, she’ll become a grave threat.”
The chancellor sneered in his residence. “The best way is to destroy a person’s will before taking their life.”
An envoy from an enemy state offered me poisoned wine. An ally hid a cold arrow in his sleeve.
Standing atop the tall building of the Office of Foreign Affairs, I gazed toward the imperial palace and smiled at the young general guarding me.
“Once, I deceived people for personal revenge.”
“Now I deceive nations… for the lonely empress sitting on the dragon throne.”
“And to turn this entire game of power upside down.”
