The Grand Princess Returns to the Capital, and the Entire Court Panics

In the eighth year of the Jianyuan era, heavy snow blanketed Yanmen. Commander Wang Zhaoye was struck by an arrow and killed. The eldest princess Xiao Junning, exiled to the frontier for thirteen years, stepped forward in a crisis to hold the crumbling Yanmen Pass. Shen Du, an imperial envoy sent to inspect the frontier, was trapped by the shackles of his father's old case. From their first meeting, the two eyed each other with suspicion and weighed their options, yet in dire straits they became each other's support. The Taiyuan supply route was rife with undercurrents, while the Beishuo cavalry watched the passes from beyond the border. The old case of the Qi family's massacre in the fourteenth year of the Taihe era, and the whereabouts of her missing younger sister, were all buried beneath the swirling snow. The court officials waited eagerly, hoping to see her bow her head and surrender after weathering so many storms, and let the matter rest. She did not. In the Golden Throne Hall, she laid out scroll after scroll of account books soaked in blood and tears before the emperor, openly and without shame. Someone berated her, accusing her of knowing nothing of court protocol. She said, “Those rules are your blade. I choose to make them my shield.” Keep moving forward. Don't look back. Don't die within the fate they've chosen for you. 【Female-led political intrigue | Sharp minds throughout | Ensemble cast】