[Green Tea Prince + Special Agent Princess Consort + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted to Each Other]
*Badass female special agent vs. scheming, sweet-talking prince
While on a mission, elite special agent Qi Xiayue is ambushed by a highly intelligent mutant beast. They perish together, and her soul unexpectedly transmigrates. When she opens her eyes, she is in a brothel.
The original owner was breathtakingly beautiful, the Mingyue Princess personally honored by the emperor. Yet her birth mother had asked to relinquish her title as princess consort, her birth father treated her like she didn't exist, her stepmother held all the power, and her siblings were one more ruthless than the next. Now reborn in another world, she will show them that what goes around comes around!
You send me to a brothel? I'll make you perform in front of everyone.
You cut off my food and clothes? I'll empty the storeroom.
Eldest brother wants a promotion? No chance.
Younger half-sister wants to marry up? Keep dreaming.
Just as she is brimming with determination, an imperial decree of marriage arrives... Wait, revenge can wait. I'm making a run for it first.
She flees, he pursues, and he coaxes and tricks her all the way back to his prince's residence.
------ (This isn't just a face-slapping power fantasy. Both leads have their own career arcs, so proceed with that in mind.) -------
I haven't seen such a good novel in a long time.