The Crane's Cry Over the Nine Abysses

Also known as: The Dark Moonlight Never Shows Mercy

[Scheming, Unhinged Legitimate Daughter x Deeply Calculating Fake Prince]

(Revenge + Political Intrigue + Clear-Eyed Dark Moonlight + Male Lead's Soul Transmigration + Sweet First, Angst Later + Love and Hate)

Yan Liangmu was once the honored legitimate daughter of a marquis's household. But the inner household was vicious, her stepmother cruel, and her father played favorites. When she was six, her mother died a horrific death. That night, Yan Liangmu started a fire, nearly killing her stepmother and stepsister in revenge, and nearly got strangled to death by her father.

At her maternal grandmother's pleading, she entered the palace to serve as a study companion to a princess. After ten years as a puppet, she finally left the palace and vowed to become the most esteemed woman in Dayang, making those responsible for her mother's death pay. But who could have guessed that everything was dictated by fate, beyond her control?

When the supposedly dead Prince Yu appeared before the world again, everything changed. The third prince, rumored to be frail and a good-for-nothing, was actually a master of feigned sweetness with a calculating mind. He insisted on joining forces with her to seize power, and even tried to seduce her with his looks. Where did this wild fox of a man come from?

Only later did Yan Liangmu discover that the fake Prince Yu was hiding a tremendous secret.