You Want Me to Die for My Husband's Honor? I'll Turn the Court Upside Down

[Newly widowed heir's wife × cold-faced censor of the Censorate] [Household intrigue × political scheming × twists]

“The heir's wife has no virtue and is unfit to keep vigil.”

Three days after Pei Zhao died on his way back from disaster relief, her mother-in-law flung a private letter onto the mourning hall altar and demanded that Shen Lingyi die a virtuous death with dignity.

She took the white silk and knelt to thank her.

Everyone in the marquis's household thought this newly widowed woman would be easy to control.

Until she saw her own name on the Ministry of Rites register.

The sixteenth year of Yongxi, the third day of the second month. Submitted.

Pei Zhao had died on the tenth day of the second month.

Someone had prepared her memorial arch seven days before her husband drew his last breath.

Following the trail of the white silk, she discovered that Pei Zhao's death, the military provisions accounts, the forged love letters, and even the deadly imperial decree honoring her virtue were all tied together by a single thread.

The marquis's household wanted her dead without a trace. The court wanted her to kneel and thank them.

They didn't know that the woman pushed toward a noose never held a suicide note in her hands.

She held account books, witnesses, and the secrets no one dared bring to light.

The white silk was put away. The memorial arch would not be built.

She would walk into the palace alive.

Then she would make that memorial arch bring the court crashing down all by itself.