I am Shen Lingyi, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei's household. In my previous life, my stepmother and half-sister joined forces to frame me for treason, and my entire family was executed. Reborn at sixteen, on the night of my coming-of-age banquet, I publicly tear open the Northern Di secret letter hidden in the congratulatory gift by my half-sister, Shen Lingxuan. Stepmother Madam Zhou's expression changes at once. My father, the Marquis of Zhenbei, commands three hundred thousand cavalry, yet the Emperor suspects him because of a forged military order. This time, I get the real military token first and confront the censor in court, turning the tables with three years of military reports from the border. But Pei Yanzhi, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, watches coldly and says, "Miss Shen, do you know that the person who delivered the secret letter was your own maternal uncle?" I smile and burn the dossier he hands me. "Lord Pei, I, Shen Lingyi, will see this game of chess in the capital through to the end." But I didn't tell him that the person who truly delivered that secret letter in my previous life is sitting on the Dragon Throne right now.
