Even a Maid Is Not Someone to Mess With

[Historical Romance] [Revenge] [Love] [Wild Imagination] [Poison and Medicine] [Play the pig to eat the tiger]

The heroine, Su Wanyue, appears to be a mute maid in the Marquis's manor, but in truth she's the legitimate daughter of the Northern Suppression General's family, which was wiped out. Skilled in medicine and poisons, she carries half of a qilin jade pendant with her as she seeks an opportunity to take revenge. Along the way, she meets the hero, Xiao Chengyu, the dissolute-seeming heir to the Prince of Dingbei. In secret, he controls the intelligence organization Dark Scales, and he always wears a dragon-patterned jade pendant at his waist that matches hers (a clue to come). Together, they work to eliminate the treacherous minister Zhou Mingyuan. In the process, they develop feelings for each other. After they take their revenge, they uncover an even greater mystery...