Shen Zhaoning, the youngest chief minister in the Great Jing, is impeached for treason by a memorial from a close friend, and his entire family is executed.
When he opens his eyes again, he has returned to the snowy night fifteen years earlier.
He is still a low-ranking clerk in Lin'an County, only ninth rank from the bottom.
This life, he will be no lone, loyal minister, and he will be no good man. He will take back everything he was denied!
In the snow, an abandoned baby wails.
Yet he understands the words:
"Cold... so cold... Someone's chasing Fubao... Where's Mother..."
Shen Zhaoning looks down at the tiny baby in the swaddling cloth, as soft and round as a little ball, and his pupils contract.
Can he actually understand babies speaking?!
From then on, he holds a child in one arm and a brush in the other, stirring up the winds of change across the realm.
Another family's baby: "Dad hid the silver under the stove!"
The young master of the prefect's family: "Someone brought Mother lots of gold yesterday~"
Shen Zhaoning smiles faintly and breaks another case.
Little Fubao in his arms is soft and sweet, smiling adorably at everyone she meets. All the officials at court fight to become her godfathers.
The Minister of War slaps the table: "Fubao called me Grandpa! Give her this knife to peel an apple!"
The Vice Minister of Revenue is flustered: "Fubao wants candied hawthorns? I'll buy the whole street's supply!"
The emperor holds Fubao and refuses to let go: "This girl is very much to my liking."
Shen Zhaoning coldly surveys the enemies from his previous life, the corner of his mouth lifting.
This time, not one of you will get away.
