The Prince's Darling, Your Highness, Your Secret Identity Has Slipped Again

Palace intrigue + household battles + ancient romance + devoted couple + taking down scumbags + revenge + satisfying read Prince Jing, Mo Xuanchen, is widely regarded as the biggest wastrel in the Great Mo Dynasty. He’s a womanizer who spends his days cockfighting and chasing dogs, the most hopeless member of the imperial family. She is Chu Yunqi, the legitimate daughter of a former general. Her family was wrongly accused, and she bears a terrible blood feud. Under her stepmother’s watch, she disguises herself as a timid, ignorant “wooden beauty.” An imperial decree of marriage binds together two “good-for-nothings” who have nothing to do with each other. The entire capital waits to laugh at this useless couple. But no one knows that he controls the most powerful intelligence network in the realm, the Tianji Tower, and is a shrewd minister who secretly shapes the tides of power. And no one knows that she possesses unparalleled medical and poison-making skills and is the dreaded assassin king known in the martial world as “Night Owl.” On their wedding night, he pretends to be drunk to test her. She retaliates with a single waft of knockout incense, leaving him asleep until morning. Mo Xuanchen: “I thought I was marrying a decoration. Turns out I’ve invited an ancestor into my home.” Chu Yunqi: “I thought I was marrying a fool. Turns out I’ve found an accomplice.” As their layers of disguises fall away and two lonely hearts draw closer amid the blades and shadows of political intrigue… He pulls her into his arms, his voice low and indulgent. “I offer you the empire as my betrothal gift, and all under heaven as our matchmaker. My princess, we’ll keep up this act for the rest of our lives.”