[Revenge story with satisfying payback + sweet romance with mutual devotion] Ji Wenyan, a noblewoman of Lu’an, married Zhao Prince Lu Xingzhi at seventeen. After ten years of marriage and deep affection, she discovered it had all been a lie, a scheme by the scumbag who deceived her! If he showed her no mercy, she’d show him none. Ji Wenyan faked her death and left the palace, married the scumbag’s younger brother, and seized his kingdom.
When they met again, she said to him:
“Lu Xingzhi, did you enjoy that cup of tea that would leave you without descendants?”
[Reader’s guide, must-read]
The Lu’an arc is about the scumbag’s scheme, the Jianzhou arc is about the leads’ mutual devotion, and the Wutai arc is a satisfying revenge story.
The first part is very good, but the second and third parts seem to have been written by different people and are slightly inferior.