Chen Xi is a half-trained occultist. She's uncannily accurate at reading faces: with just one look, she can tell most of what a person has experienced from childhood onward. She can also draw a few simple talismans.
She's called half-trained because when it comes to other things, like feng shui and divination, she only knows a little and isn't very skilled...
Her catchphrase is: "If I can already tell whether he's good or bad, can't I just avoid him? Why do I need to learn so much? Isn't it better to specialize in one thing?"
Specializing in one thing is all well and good, but Chen Xi is a helpful person. You know how it goes: she let something slip, ruined the plans of one criminal after another, and got killed through no fault of her own.
She thought she could finally rest in peace underground, but who could have known that the exciting life Chen Xi was meant to have was only just beginning?
She transmigrated, bringing with her a spiritual spring space and an Eye of Illusion-Piercing bestowed by the King of Hell, as well as the great strength she had bargained for...
Xie Tianze was lucky, but he was also unlucky.
Just as he was about to become second only to one and supreme over all others, his own family plotted against him, and everything vanished in the blink of an eye.
He hated them with all his heart. He was reborn carrying that hatred...
Actually, this is just a sweet story about two people doting on each other, with a chaotic love-triangle spectacle to enjoy. As for political machinations, even if there are any, there aren't many...