On the night the entire Yin family was condemned, her mother pushed her out of the flames and left her with just one sentence: “Don’t look back.”
Ten years later, she returned to the imperial capital as the daughter of a disgraced official. She sought neither survival nor favor. She only wanted to find the secret edict the late emperor had failed to deliver to the Eastern Palace before his death, and learn why the Yin family had perished.
But the deeper she dug, the more she discovered: the late emperor’s illness was a lie, her mother’s betrayal was a lie, and the Yin family’s rebellion was a lie. Someone wearing a face identical to hers had entered the bloody events of ten years ago, and now intended to make her take the blame for an entire dynasty.
The people called her a seductress who bewitched the ruler and threw the court into chaos. They named her the demon consort who brought down a kingdom.
Xiao Chengyao wagered both his imperial reputation and his empire on her. “What if the whole world demands that you confess?”
Yin Jiangxue looked out at the assembled court officials. “Then let them see who truly brought this country to ruin.”
