The Sister Who Poisoned the Wedding Wine

Synopsis

Nanji's mother dies on a straw mat in the Zhang family woodshed, a silver tassel clutched in her fist, and that tassel belongs to Zhang Beiyu, the legitimate daughter betrothed to the crown prince. Before the body is cold, Beiyu has Nanji beaten, disowned, and sent by night to the Eastern Depot, where the living go in and only the dead come out. Nanji arrives with one bargaining chip: she knows where the family's secret ledger is hidden. She means to borrow the Depot's blade and bring her sister's wedding down around her.