Bringing Calamity to the Nation

With thread as embroidery, time can be woven.

With heart as embroidery, a nation can be woven.

How can a mere palace confine a phoenix?

One’s destiny is decided by oneself, not by heaven.

On this vast land, the world is divided into four—Yan, Bi, Yi, and Cheng.

The Right Prime Minister of Bi’s youngest daughter, Jiang Chenyu, dignified, virtuous, and gentle, admired Ji Ying, the young master of the Ji clan, one of the Four Great Families. Just as the two families prepared for a marriage alliance, their plans were brazenly shattered by the monarch Zhao Yin. With a single imperial edict, she was ordered to enter the palace.

For the sake of her family, Jiang Chenyu had no choice but to accept and obey. Yet she refused to live out her years as merely another consort behind palace walls. Instead, she boldly volunteered to serve as Zhao Yin’s strategist.

Moved by her courage, Zhao Yin dispatched her as an envoy to Cheng, ostensibly to celebrate the king’s birthday, but in truth to steal vital intelligence. Who would have thought that from this seemingly reckless decision, the tides of history among the four nations would begin to turn…

The gears of fate began to shift: From a naive, pure-hearted girl into a worthy Empress who could rule the realm; From a fragile maiden at the mercy of others into a sovereign female Emperor of her age.

When calamity befalls a nation, the world is overturned.