The Brocade of Farewell

The Legitimate Daughter’s Fall: From Embroidery Artisan to First-Rank Lady

She had been the legitimate daughter of the Censor-in-Chief, born to wealth and privilege.

Overnight, her father was framed for colluding with the enemy and died in exile in Lingnan. Her mother hanged herself, and she was cast out onto the streets, surviving by selling embroidered handkerchiefs.

Everyone trampled on her, calling her a bringer of bad luck to the Shen family.

Only she knew that the case files her father left behind concealed coded embroidery only she could decipher.

With every stitch, she uncovered a shocking old case. With every pattern, she toppled an entire household of powerful ministers.

Years later, dressed in the robes of a First-Rank Lady, she stood in the Golden Chime Hall.

Everyone who had bullied and humiliated her knelt at her feet.

In Bianliang, the capable have always risen to the top.