Sent Away in a Political Marriage, the Legitimate Daughter Plays Every Move to Win

With the three kingdoms divided and the world in turmoil, an imperial decree ordering a marriage alliance lands on Chu Qingtang. Cast out by the Marquis’s household and shunned as a “jinxed loner,” this legitimate daughter has finally found a use for herself.

After descending the mountain, she lays her plans carefully, one step at a time. She intends to cast everything aside once she has dealt with her enemies. But as one conspiracy after another is exposed, the truth behind it all proves heartbreakingly painful...

She, too, is drawn into the schemes, machinations, and deceptions, and can no longer escape.

Unexpectedly, just when everyone else avoids her, one man keeps appearing before her.

When they first meet, she slaps him. “You lecher!”

Then she closes her eyes and promptly faints into his arms.

The man with a handprint on his face: “...”

At first,

he thinks he is special to her, only to discover that she sees him as an outsider. Yet he can’t bring himself to stop caring about her, so he can only bottle up his frustration.

Then one day, unable to hold back any longer, he cradles her face beneath the endless darkness, eyes red as he asks, “Do I matter to you?”

Before she can answer, his face turns pale and he collapses against her.

Chu Qingtang: “...”

(If we can’t let go, then let’s walk together from darkness into the dawn...

After all the turmoil of this life, I’m just glad we met.)