Shen Zhiwei, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, broke the betrothal jade pendant on the day she got her hairpin, and swore not to rely on her father, brother, husband, but to earn a marriage for herself and return. Once she woke up from the dream, she found that the so-called good match and son-in-law were just a carefully disguised pack of wolves.
She holds the pen as a blade and opens her eyes to discern the scum. The romantic and talented man wanted to "add fragrance to her red sleeves", so she sold his splendid strategies to his rival and ended his future; the sweet-talking childhood sweetheart wanted to trick her into becoming a concubine, but she backhandedly sent evidence of his crime of trafficking in smuggled salt to the government office; the powerful King of Zhenbei was promised the position of concubine, but she turned around and supported his sick legitimate son, stirring up trouble in the palace. Ten men, ten faces, and ten kinds of scum have all become stepping stones for her to climb higher.
When she emerged in the world of men's machinations with her business wisdom that transcended her times and the secretly established information network, and even attracted the emperor's attention, the king of Zhenbei, Xiao Li, who had come to help several times but always treated him coldly, became the mystery she couldn't understand the most. Is he a sympathetic fellow traveler or the most skilled hunter? And when she was about to reach the pinnacle of her dream, a storm in the court set off by her own hands also drew her into the center of the most dangerous whirlpool.
His father, Shen Wenyuan, the Minister of Household Affairs, was suddenly involved in the arms embezzlement case and was wrongfully imprisoned. In order to avenge her father, she secretly investigated and discovered that there were huge implications behind the case. With her extraordinary wisdom and courage, Zhiwei found key evidence left by Han Qingshan, a former veteran of the Zhenbei Army, which pointed to the old case of the Ministry of War and the forces in the palace. Shen Zhiwei went around the palace to defeat the conspiracy and stabilize the people's hearts. When the King of Jin launched a palace coup and put life and death on the line, he ventured into the palace to escort him, and cooperated with Xiao Li who came back in time to save the day.
When the truth came to light, the King of Jin was executed, and the Shen family's injustice was overturned. After going through the test of life and death, Shen Zhiwei and Xiao Li have a deeper understanding. After the dust settled, Xiao Li, who had won a great victory in Northern Xinjiang, returned to the court. A friendship that began with a power struggle and ended with a common goal opened a new chapter with the future of the empire.
This time, she no longer had to step on anyone to get to the top. She must hold the power and sincerity in the world tightly in her own hands.
Purpose: The purpose of this book is to describe how an awakened ancient noblewoman used the business wisdom beyond the times as a sword and the self-built intelligence network as a shield to complete a wonderful "counter-hunt" against feudal male power in a world of male power surrounded by wolves. Not only did she personally tear apart the hypocritical masks of ten kinds of "scumbag men", but she also personally earned herself the highest honor among women in the world, and finally reached an equal dialogue with a powerful partner, realizing the ultimate ideal of "both power and sincerity are in my hands".
——This is not only a refreshingly paced story of "disaster detection", but also a majestic hymn about women's economic independence, spiritual awakening and self-realization.