Scheming for Love in His Arms

[The Male Lead Fights for What He Wants + Marriage First, Love Later + A Powerful Man Bows to Love]

[Pure Historical Romance, No Rebirth + Long-Laid Plans + Devoted, Flirtatious Spoiling]

A clear-eyed, resilient noblewoman fallen on hard times VS a devoted, cunning Imperial Guard

Gu Yunxi was named crown princess at thirteen. Before she came of age, the crown prince was implicated in a witchcraft scandal, and the emperor ordered her death.

The Gu family trod carefully and withdrew from court.

The third prince forced Gu Yunxi to become his concubine, dragging the Gu family into the turmoil of court politics.

At sixteen, Gu Yunxi drank the poison her mother gave her and took her own life.

The world mourned her, saying she had been unworthy of the royal family's favor.

When she awoke again, Gu Yunxi had become the lawfully wedded wife of a certain man.

Gu Yunxi sought revenge for the blood feud, and that man became the blade in her hand.

Gu Yunxi worked to clear the crown prince's name, and that man plotted on her behalf.

The events of years past were shrouded in layers of mystery.

The nation and the family were intertwined: without a nation, there could be no home.

Through open and covert schemes, they finally brought peace and prosperity to the realm.

The new emperor asked the man in the imperial prison, “Do you regret it?”

Xiao Lingfeng laughed heartily. “I used every scheme and every political stratagem to win the woman I love a lifetime together, through life and death.

“Even if I had to descend to the Yellow Springs or ascend to the heavens, I would have no regrets.”

“Your servant plotted for the realm, and for his wife, too.”