At the Betrothal Annulment, the Empress Dowager Issues Four Decrees in a Row (83 episodes)

At the celebratory banquet, General Ji Changyuan publicly kneels to beg for the annulment of his betrothal, wishing instead to marry Ying Zhaoning. The Prime Minister's daughter Jiang Yunshu handles the situation calmly, exposing that the golden hairpin worn by Ying Zhaoning is actually an engagement heirloom from the Jiang family. Enraged, the Empress Dowager issues four imperial edicts in succession: dissolving the marriage, granting a new betrothal, welcoming Jiang Yunshu into the inner palace, and creating her Empress. While reclaiming the family keepsakes, Jiang Yunshu discovers a northern secret armory insignia carved on a white jade pendant, lays a trap to seize the illicit weapons, and exposes a conspiracy framing her father. On the day of the investiture ceremony, the Ying family dispatches assassins and starts a fire in an attempt to force an abdication. Jiang Yunshu uses an empty carriage as bait to thwart the assassination and joins hands with Emperor Xiao Jingheng to seize the second secret depot. In the end, Ji Changyuan is banished, the Ying clan faces justice, and Jiang Yunshu steadily secures her seat as the Empress step by step from an abandoned fiancée.

At the Betrothal Annulment, the Empress Dowager Issues Four Decrees in a Row - Episode 1