Twelve years ago, when Yan Luoning had just turned three, she had not even finished mourning her mother when Su Shi, a concubine who had just entered the household, tossed her off to a Taoist temple like a dog.
For twelve years, Su Shi and her daughters flourished, standing on the bones and dowry of Yan Luoning’s mother, while Yan Luoning drifted from place to place with her master, sinking into obscurity.
Twelve years later, hoping to cultivate a good reputation and marry her two daughters off to Prince Jin, Su Shi brings Yan Luoning back to the Ning'an Marquis Manor.
On the surface, Yan Luoning acts meek, submissive, and easy to bully, letting everyone in the manor lose themselves in their own arrogance and complacency.
But in truth, amid intoxicating spring nights, luxurious carriages, and bustling teahouses, she and Prince Jin are deeply entangled, utterly inseparable.
She will make her moves quietly, one step at a time, then marry Prince Jin in grand style and become his rightful princess consort, catching Su Shi and her daughters completely off guard and leaving them spitting blood!
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As Yan Luoning takes revenge on the villains, her mental state grows ever more radiant. Others go to Prince Jin to complain, “She bullied me.”
Prince Jin smiles wickedly. “Even if she did bully you, I would still protect her. Though she didn’t, of course.”
“By my rules, Ningning never has to make sense!”
(Think the heroine seems a little weak in the first few chapters? Hmph, that’s just a chameleon’s camouflage. In truth, she’s strong, incredibly strong.)
This book is very good.
It feels good not to be depressed