Are My Own Kin All Wolves? The Political Bride Fights Back and Seizes the Throne

[Clear-headed, brilliant heroine + male lead transmigrates into a book + two equally intelligent, powerful leads + doted on exclusively] War breaks out between Nanqi and Beimo. Nanqi is defeated and forced to cede territory and pay reparations. A princess is sent to marry into Beimo, forging an alliance between the two families. The eldest princess, Xiao Mingshu, volunteers for the marriage and works with Pei Jinyu from within to steal a map of the defenses. When Nanqi’s iron cavalry marches into Beimo, someone smashes the bones in Xiao Mingshu’s hands and legs. To reward the three armies, they plan to hang her in front of the battlefield, using a princess of Nanqi to crush her people’s pride and humiliate her country. Xiao Mingshu knocks over a candle stand and perishes in the flames, leaving no remains. Her mother, younger brother, and younger sister step over her blood and bones, using her self-sacrifice to become the most powerful people in the world. No one remembers that Nanqi had an eldest princess who set herself alight in a tent for the good of her country. * Helian Zhuo tells her that this world is a book, and that he has come to save her. With Helian Zhuo’s book in hand, Xiao Mingshu returns to the capital. She counters every move in the treacherous imperial harem, walking a lonely road alone. Later, the young general who had been unconscious for three years awakens. He grips a bloodstained dagger and carves words into his palm. The pale face is splattered with the empress’s blood, and his bloody fingers trace the back of Xiao Mingshu’s neck, touching the scar that bears her shame. “Your Highness, I’ll make them repay, down to their bones, for everything you lost.” Those who defy fate to change their lot, or break taboos to alter their destiny, will be broken body and soul and meet a terrible end. Shen Guizhi: “Even if I’m shattered to pieces, I’ll still stand hand in hand at your side and walk this road with you. If Heaven will not allow it, I’ll fight Heaven. If people will not accept it, I’ll stand against them.”