[Angst first, then cathartic payback] [The hero is both doting and powerful]
[Intrigue in the palace and the household all the way, with every character wicked]
[A domineering father, a vicious stepmother, an unreasonable brother, and a scheming younger sister]
Su Zhi, the legitimate daughter of a marquis, was strikingly beautiful, making her a stepping stone for her father’s rise to power. He forced her to marry the disabled prince Xie Jingxing and become his princess consort.
Her jealous younger sister hired men to kidnap her, her malicious stepmother secretly poisoned her, and her reckless brother tried to beat her. Her whole family was waiting to laugh at her.
Was marrying a disabled prince the end of any chance she had to turn her life around?
But when she entered the prince’s residence, she discovered the truth. Who said he was disabled? There was nothing wrong with him at all.
He was aloof, doted on his wife, and fiercely protected her.
He taught her how to outwit people and wield power. She took revenge on her stepmother, got back at her younger sister, taught her brother a lesson, and turned a cold eye on her father. The once innocent legitimate daughter of the marquis was transformed by him into a sinister black lotus.
She slapped a princess, secretly set a trap for the empress, framed the crown prince, and won the emperor’s favor. Using the tricks he had taught her, she became the most feared person both inside and outside the palace.
When the emperor died and her husband was about to take the throne, she turned around and realized she had been nothing more than a pawn he had carefully guided and used all along.
But she was no longer the person she had once been.
“Husband, you taught me so much. Do you really think I’m still afraid of you? I can do everything you can do, and I can do plenty you can’t. Why should I listen to you?”
“You can be emperor, but first, you’re not allowed to take concubines. Second, you have to pretend to be ill. Third, I’m the one who’ll govern in your place.”
“What? You refuse? Then you can spend the rest of your life looking for me.”
The one who held the pieces fell in love with a pawn, and the pawn became his opponent!
