A modern crisis-PR queen transmigrates into a sacrificial stand-in bride. From the start, she marries a sickly, feared villainous minister, then lifts her veil and starts negotiating instead of begging for her life.
Shen Zhaowei, a top modern crisis-PR consultant, excels at manipulating public opinion, negotiation, evidence trails, and trading favors. One day, she transmigrates into a book and becomes the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Yongning's household, a stand-in bride destined to be sacrificed. Her stepsister drugs her and sends her to marry Xie Wujiu, a powerful minister on the verge of turning evil.
According to the original story, three months later she will die in a plot within the minister's household, leaving no trace of her remains.
When she wakes, she is sitting in the bridal sedan chair. Ahead lies the minister's household, where everyone is her enemy; behind her is the marquis's household, where people devour you without even spitting out the bones. She doesn't flee the wedding or make a scene. Instead, she lifts her veil and tells the male lead's trusted aide, who has come to inspect her:
“Tell Xie Wujiu I have three ways to save him: his reputation, an old case, and his life.”
A one-year marriage contract: she helps the male lead stabilize the court and his reputation, while he gives her a blade and power.
Later, she takes down scoundrels, overturns wrongful convictions, takes control of the merchant guild, and enters the political arena. All of the capital waits for her to divorce him. But the powerful minister burns the divorce papers and asks her:
“My lady, who would you like to kill first today?”
