When Shen Fuyao was sent to celebrate the occasion by the Anyuan Marquis Mansion, everyone in the capital said that she was lucky and could use it to ward off disasters for the dying Regent.
No one knew that she only had three days left to live.
When the Hexin wine was brought into the bridal chamber, she first smelled the aphrodisiac in the wine, and then saw a black thread connected to herself on the unconscious Xiao Jin's wrist. The medicine cannot be stopped, and the marriage cannot be canceled; if she saves him, she must first use her last twelve hours as collateral.
When she was about to die, a merit book was opened in her sea of consciousness: Only by saving innocent people and preventing evil consequences can one gain merit and extend one's life; by using talismans to harm people and by falsely changing the cause and effect, one's lifespan can be doubled.
So she used half her life to draw the awakening talisman and force out the ghosts in the prince's palace; she refused the prince's forced order to return home and dug out the dowry box to steal the life nail; she checked accounts, autopsied, and broke the formation. Every mysterious case must be based on evidence that can be brought to court.
Xiao Jin woke up and asked her what she wanted.
Shen Fuyao pushed the palace's old file in front of him: "Lend me to investigate the case. Your military power can't save my life."
Later, the dignitaries lined up to seek talismans, evil masters avoided her, and the prince's family cried and begged her to recognize her. The imperial uncle who never believed in ghosts and gods knocked on the door every day and put a blank yellow paper on her desk.
"I won't ask for a life-saving charm today."
"Please draw a talisman of mutual return, Princess. Wherever you find it, I will accompany you wherever you go."
But the last page of the merit book reads: Shen Fuyao was not short-lived, she was nailed alive as a sacrifice for Dayong's national destiny.
