From the start, she transmigrates into the body of an abandoned consort in the cold palace, with a cup of poisoned wine already waiting before her. In the original story, she doesn't survive past the first chapter! Luckily, she's read half the book, knows all the court's secrets, and can even “tell fortunes with a pinch of her fingers”! Want to kill her? She turns the tables and exposes the plot, scaring the arrogant eunuch into dropping to his knees. Want to stay alive? She stops Xie Wuwang, the dark and calculating chancellor who holds the court in his palm, right on the street and says bluntly, “Chancellor, you're going to have a bloody disaster on your right side tonight!”
Chancellor Xie Wuwang is sinister and suspicious. He drags her back to his residence to use as a “living lightning rod,” planning to kill her once she's served her purpose. But this half-baked fortune-teller keeps pulling off one unexpected stunt after another. She investigates corrupt officials, cracks witchcraft cases, and seizes dirty money, using modern criminal-investigation logic to run circles around the court's villains and earn so many silver notes her hands cramp from counting!
With the original plot nearly exhausted, Qi Ling packs her things and prepares to fake her death and flee. Then someone kicks her door open. The all-powerful Chancellor Xie twirls his black jade ring and corners her against the wall, smiling as he asks, “Miss Qi can tell anyone's fortune. Why not tell me... when I can bring you home as my bride?”
