[Chastity Arch] X [Deadly Deal] X [The Ledger That Wouldn’t Burn] [Reborn + palace intrigue + high-stakes push and pull + jaw-dropping reversals]
Xie Lingyi: “In return for saving my life, give me my freedom!”
Xie Xuandu: “That charred corpse is your ticket to ‘living like a human being.’”
> She saved her uncle in a blood-soaked alley, only to become a pawn. The household troops framed her, and the capital’s prefecture came for her life. When the second branch’s mansion went up in a raging inferno, the half-burned ledger fragment beside the charred corpse became the only weapon capable of shattering the chains of “chastity.”
See how the third branch’s legitimate daughter enters the game alone and outwits her way through it, carving out a path to survival amid political schemes and raging flames!
She!
Xie Lingyi, a precious daughter of the marquis’s house, cast aside as a pawn in her family’s marriage alliance…
Caught in family power struggles and framed in court, she faces hidden attacks and false accusations head-on!
A prisoner amid bloodshed? Each attempt to break free pushes her deeper into the whirlpool of power.
He!
Xie Xuandu, an iron-fisted minister, holds power in his hands, yet finds himself trapped in one deadly predicament after another.
The bloodstained silk in his study tears open more than a conspiracy. It heralds the collapse of his identity.
Has glory become a prison? Was his past a lie? A cold flame burns in his eyes, ready to overturn everything.
The player becomes a pawn? The prisoner dares to flip the board!
Two souls toyed with by fate, struggling to survive amid the slaughter of political intrigue.
Tear up the script! Smash the cage! Watch the prisoners seize the pieces and defy Heaven!
She took a deep breath, the pungent smell of burning fueling her: "As for how to use this 'entry permit'... That's not something I can comment on. Fourth Uncle, with his strategic planning, has his own ways to make this fragment, this iron plaque, heavier than a mountain. As for me..." Her voice trailed off, carrying a barely perceptible weariness and resolve, "I only seek to escape.
The author has a solid literary foundation, and this is quite different from the current trend of lighthearted, easy-to-read novels. It requires some patience to appreciate.