[Palace maid rises to power + intellectual romance + marriage of convenience + married first, fall in love later + not mutually inexperienced, devoted to her later]
[Beautiful, money-loving palace maid vs. calculating emperor]
Li Ruoqing transmigrates into the body of a lowly palace maid, someone who means nothing to anyone.
She’s framed, beaten, and even given away to a eunuch…
In the treacherous inner palace, she must survive and escape…
He buries his family’s vendetta and his hatred for the nation deep in his heart, scheming against everyone…
Until a sweet-talking little palace maid who loves money more than life appears.
He goes to great lengths to have her transferred to his side, only to discover she’s always trying to get away…
When the emperor leaves the palace to pay respects to his ancestors, Li Ruoqing finally gets her chance to escape.
But she is kidnapped by bandits. When she looks up and sees the buyer, she is too shocked to speak…
Xiao Lin demands coldly, “Where do you think you’re running off to?”
He wants to keep her locked in the palace with a title,
but she bargains with him and insists on signing a “contract” to become his wife in a marriage of convenience…
She helps him eliminate corrupt ministers, purge the powerful maternal relatives, quell border threats, and bring peace to the people.
In a court rife with deception and power struggles,
they become each other’s sharpest weapon…
He thinks she has finally fallen in love with him too and is willing to stay by his side…
But she leaves him gravely wounded and runs off alone…
The author's descriptions are great, the storyline is also good, and the heroine's methods are quite novel and not cliche. Although the story progresses a bit slowly, it is in line with the heroine's mentality. I guess it will be more exciting when the palace battle mode starts. I recommend that the author update more. I will feel uncomfortable waiting for the serialization 😢