Wargod Yara Hawthorne is ambushed, poisoned, incapacitated. Auden Shaw, married into the Shaw family, cares for her, enduring hardship from his family and Lockwood family. After a fall, her poison dissipates, mind clears. Feigning foolishness, she plots, gathers subordinates. She eliminates family threats, defeats Jiangnan powers, exposes an imposter, and settles grudges in the Capital. Yara then gives up power to live with Auden Shaw. A new crisis emerges.
