[Strong Heroine + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast Growth + The Truth Behind a Life-Saving Favor + Courtroom Face-Slapping + Slow-Burn, Mutual First Love + Regret-Filled Showdown]
On the eve of her wedding, Princess Dowager Xiao Lingyi withheld disaster-relief grain and forced a female physician to hand over life-saving medicine, all so she could celebrate the birthday of the man she loved, Shen Yuheng.
Three hundred thousand disaster victims outside the city had already run out of food. The censor brought his coffin to court to remonstrate, and the entire court waited to see how she would earn eternal infamy.
Instead, Xiao Lingyi split the seal on the granary in front of everyone. "Send the grain to the disaster zone, and send her to the Court of Judicial Review."
She burned the marriage contract, reclaimed the imperial estates occupied by the Shen family, and invited the female physician, female general, and female accountant she had once suppressed to join her princess's residence.
All three thought this was yet another humiliation.
Later, the physician took charge of the Imperial Medical Academy, the general defended the northern frontier, and the accountant reopened maritime trade, while the princess brought imperial power under her heel.
At last, Shen Yuheng knelt before her. "Your Highness once said you would only trust me in this life."
Xiao Lingyi looked up. "I also said that anyone who deceives the emperor will be executed."
