When a modern all-around prodigy is reborn as the discarded daughter of the prime minister’s household, she plays a piece of “Guangling San” at her coming-of-age ceremony, concealing a secret letter from the crown prince within the music. Regent Xiao Jue intercepts it on the spot. At first, he is simply curious about what goes on in her head. Later, he discovers that she can arrange troops through music, plan campaigns through maps, and solve cases over tea. Everyone around her is, in their own way, illuminated by her.
“They think I’m the discarded daughter of the prime minister’s household, but they don’t know what these hands of mine can do. I can play ‘Guangling San,’ calculate a dowry down to the last coin, map out an empire, and cure the ills of the realm.”
“At first, I just wanted to see what else was in her head. Then I realized what I wanted to see wasn’t her mind, but the way she looks up at me when she speaks.”
