[Clever, sly, and putting on an act heroine vs. insecure, obsessive, and emotionally tangled hero]
Two powerful leads / redemption / happy ending / a run of bad luck. Zi Ning is forced to straighten out the tyrant's worldview, making him, well, a virtuous young man who excels in every aspect of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education.
That's not even the worst of it. The key is that this little tyrant doesn't appreciate her and even tries to strangle her.
Zi Ning can't fight back. She has to help him win the people's hearts and bring peace to the realm. Even she can't help admiring herself. Folks, who understands the helplessness of a wage slave?
Born into the royal family but subjected to endless humiliation, Cheng Yi believed he would spend his entire life living in a gutter.
But at last, someone came running to him without hesitation.
In the thick darkness of night, you are the only moon.
