No transmigration + fictional setting + a top-scholar-in-the-making + both leads' chastity intact + devoted husband + marriage before love + slow-burn historical romance
The most intense tragic romance!! Heartbreak! If it's not heartbreaking, you don't pay.
A beautiful spy, a prisoner beneath the steps + a top scholar chosen by the stars
After her homeland fell, the daughter of a noble house from the previous dynasty was sent to work as a courtesan. The Imperial Astronomical Bureau later rescued her and trained her to become the court's foremost spy.
She was ordered to infiltrate the life of Li Micheng, the Ziwei Star foretold by prophecy.
She was to accompany him as he grew, keep him in check, and become his weakness. Once he passed the highest civil-service examination and rose to a position of power, she would use him to influence the factional struggle and protect the prosperity of the scholar-gentry.
Ever since Li Micheng passed the county-level examination, life had seemed like a vivid dream. Everything was too good to be true: his beautiful wife, and a life that seemed orderly despite the chaos around him. It was as if his world had become a pure sanctuary. Then a letter shattered the illusion he had built around his life: his wife was a fake.
His life was fake. Everything had been planned. When Li Micheng pursued the clues step by step and uncovered the truth, he began slaughtering everyone in sight. He caught the heroine as she tried to flee and gripped her throat with all his might! His eyes were bloodshot.
“Since you became my wife, you will be my wife for the rest of your life.”
His life was fake.
