The day Shen Zhiheng married into the Xie Mansion on behalf of his sister-in-law, everyone felt that her life was over.
Xie Chongyan is the sharpest knife in the emperor's hand. He is cold, harsh, ruthless, powerful, and the most unkind.
Everyone in the capital said that the concubine of the Shen family was pushed out just to protect the high family from disaster and to protect the powerful officials, and she would not live long.
Shen Zhiheng thought so too.
Until she found a sentence that had been hidden for ten years among her late mother's belongings——
**Beichuan was not defeated by the enemy, but by the court. **
An old calligraphy piece, a hosta, and a burnt account book.
She originally thought she was investigating her mother's death, but later she found out that what she was investigating was:
Why did Beichuan abandon the city, why did the East Palace abandon its reserve, and what did the late emperor send in his secret order before his death?
And who is she herself?
She and Xie Chongyan went from being wary of each other to complicit in the same situation.
From testing and exploiting to trusting each other in life and death,
It has also gone from "who will protect whom" to "no one can decide our fate for us anymore".
Later everyone wanted her to shut up.
Because she is neither a concubine nor a bride,
She was the only living witness in that old game.
**"Master Xie, are you protecting me because I am Shen Zhiheng, or because of who I might be?"**
**"At first, it was the latter."**
**"What happened next?"**
**"Later, it was you."**
