Clear the Emperor’s Court: Become a Court Lady and Teach the Crown Prince to Let Go

[A career-driven female official who only pretends to seek redemption × a devoted, sickly prince who turns dark]

Angst, both virginal, happy ending, fictional setting, two strong leads, beautiful but tragic characters, both chase after each other, both suffer a second heartbreak, reconciliation, sickly and darkening prince, devoted love)

Yuan Xizhao: “I will clear the court of your enemies for you. I must personally teach the Crown Prince how to let go, give up, and move on!”

Wen Chenglan: “So the light I thought I had... was a raging fire that would consume me!”

From as far back as she could remember, Yuan Xizhao knew she had been born to assist the young Crown Prince, Wen Chenglan. Generation after generation, the Yuan clan had served as chief ministers, all born to support the emperor. Only later did she learn that what they called loyalty between sovereign and subject was nothing but a joke on paper.

On cold, rainy nights, Wen Chenglan would curl up, his right leg throbbing painfully, eyes red as he remembered Yuan Xizhao standing beside the Prince of Xirong, looking at him with chilling indifference. He remembered the times she'd shot at him with the Yuheng Bow he'd forged and given her with his own hands. The pain in his leg was nothing compared to the pain in his heart...

He resented her and hated her. He wanted an answer for himself. But he loved her to the marrow, and didn't want her to pay for her crimes with her life, because he'd devoted himself to his country and family for her sake.

Only when Yuan Xizhao's breathing grew faint and she closed her eyes did they finally understand

A mistake can mean a missed chance.