The Reborn Legitimate Daughter of a Noble House, Whose Maid Is Her Father’s Illegitimate Daughter

Shen Qingyan was born into a distinguished family with a century-old scholarly tradition. In her previous life, her personal maid poisoned her with slow-acting toxins for years, and she died at seventeen, full of hatred. Reborn at the moment the poisoning plot begins, she uses her lifelong skill at examining ink and identifying handwriting to see through every scheme hidden in the brushstrokes of letters. The gentle maid who has been by her side day and night turns out to be her father’s illegitimate daughter, raised outside the household and planted beside her to steal her position as the legitimate daughter. Her refined, universally admired father is consumed by lust for power and turns a blind eye to the murder of his own daughter. Her birth mother’s mysterious death years ago also conceals a terrible injustice. She cuts off false family ties, makes her plans step by step to uncover the truth, takes control of the family’s lifeline, and reclaims everything that belongs to her. Censor Xie Linyuan is sinister and ruthless to the outside world, wielding great power. With her alone, he is obsessively devoted, willing to become her pawn and let her use him in her schemes. He clears away every obstacle in the court and beyond, yet never interferes with her plans or decisions. In this life, she will neither yearn for love nor trust blood ties. With brush and ink as her blade, she tears through the layers of hypocrisy worn by the great families and takes her fate into her own hands.