The Little Oracle Saves the Nation's Fortune, and the Court Officials Line Up to Curry Favor

After opening her eyes once more, Xie Sui Sui, a powerful mystic, found herself in the body of a four-year-old "jinx" abandoned by her own father in a ruined temple.

She hadn't even had a proper meal or a pair of shoes when she was dragged before the imperial court to be sacrificed to Heaven.

Two hundred thousand Northern Di cavalry were bearing down on the border. The court officials had no plan to repel them, but they did want to use this little girl as kindling.

Xie Sui Sui took out three copper coins and cast a divination before the court. "Within three days, the Northern Di commander will die suddenly in his tent."

The great general demanded that she be executed, while her own father kowtowed and called for her to be burned.

But she clung to the regent's leg and looked up, bargaining with him. "I'll take the bet, but you have to feed me for these three days, and there has to be meat!"

Three days later, an urgent report arrived in the capital: the enemy commander was dead, and Northern Di had withdrawn its troops!

The great general dropped to his knees and apologized on the spot, while her father pushed through the crowd to claim her as his daughter.

Xie Sui Sui walked right past him and ran to the regent to ask for braised pork.

After that, she investigated military funds, saved the young emperor, and exposed those colluding with the enemy. The court officials who had once cried, "The demon child must die!" now lined up to ask her for a divination.

But someone in the Northern Di camp used a life-swapping ritual to replace their commander, and in the blink of an eye, another two hundred thousand cavalry were at the pass.

Xie Sui Sui put away her copper coins and tugged at the regent's sleeve. "Uncle Prince, this time it's our turn to settle the score with him."