After Killing the Prince, the Princess Conceived My Child

[Palace Intrigue + Childbearing + Heartbreak + Revenge + Physical Abuse + Political Schemes + Winning Her Back + Clear-Headed]

I was ten the day my entire family was wiped out.

I hid inside a bookcase, biting my own arm so I wouldn’t make a sound.

Ten years later, I worked my way into the company of my enemy’s son and became the person he trusted most.

He drinks the tea I brew and praises me for being ruthless in my work.

He doesn’t know there’s poison in it.

He doesn’t know his sister is already carrying my child.

Princess Xiao Li is frighteningly clever. She saw long ago that something was off about me, but she said nothing.

She said, “I’m betting you’re not a bad person.”

I said, “You’ve lost your bet.”

She smiled. “Then I’ve lost. It doesn’t matter. You can’t get away now.”

I thought I could take her away once I’d had my revenge.

But when I finally uncovered the truth

The decree that ordered my family’s extermination all those years ago bore her personal seal.