Rose Ash

[Wily fox × lone wolf] "Powerful heroine and evenly matched leads + masterful scheming + antagonistic push-and-pull and false affection + highly intelligent cast + power struggles" Xiao Su, the Right Chancellor of Dayin, has always been cold-hearted and ruthless, with power above all else. Jiang Yu, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhaoyi, is just as cold and heartless, yet blessed with a beauty that invites envy and jealousy. Jiang Yu’s life has been full of hardship. Her maternal family was executed by the emperor for becoming too powerful, and her mother was killed by a concubine. On the very night her mother died, the concubine schemed to drive her out of the capital. Her father, who had risen to high office by leaning on her maternal family’s power, ignored her, and even the grandmother who had always doted on her claimed to be ill and refused to see her. Jiang Yu left the capital alone and spent ten years in Danzhou. To secure a foothold in the marquis’s household, Jiang Yu sought Xiao Su’s backing on the very night she moved in. The Right Chancellor’s residence Jiang Yu knelt before Xiao Su on the raised dais. “I am willing to be the blade you plant in the marquis’s household. I only ask you to be my backer and protect me.” Xiao Su looked down at her coldly. “And what makes you think you’re capable?” Later, she carved her way through the marquis’s household and stood beside Xiao Su in a light, delicate robe. “I want you to help me enter the Eastern Palace and reach the Phoenix Throne.” The man who was always so cold-faced gazed at her for a long while without a word. Jiang Yu’s robe slipped halfway off as she slowly took Xiao Su’s hand. “The heir to the Eastern Palace has few descendants. I want to borrow your...” Afterward, she tried to leave, but the man who was usually so cold toward her grabbed her wrist, his eyes reddening with anger. “Jiang Yu, how can you be so heartless? What are the Phoenix Throne, power, and riches worth? Would you like the whole empire?” Jiang Yu smiled. Whatever she wanted, she would fight for herself. Jiang Yu had a stunningly beautiful face and a wicked heart. [I’m bad at writing blurbs. Please proceed to the story.]