The Splendid House's Darling

Everyone in the capital knew that Shen Weixi, the illegitimate daughter of the Censorate, was a "wooden beauty": timid and taciturn, the most insignificant member of her family. When an imperial edict ordered a daughter of the Shen family to marry Xiao Jue, the "living King of Hell" who wielded power over the court and had blood on his hands, her dazzling legitimate elder sister pushed her forward without hesitation, using her as a pawn to take her place.

Everyone waited to see the joke unfold, to see how this delicate little flower would be ground into dust in the violent general's manor.

On their wedding day, Xiao Jue looked down at the bride before him, who was said to have been scared out of her wits. Her face was pale, and even her fingertips trembled as she bowed, perfectly embodying a pawn's timidity. He sneered, ready to set this dull ornament aside.

But he gradually realized that this marriage, forced upon them, seemed to be a cage for more than just him.

When he deliberately made things difficult for her and pushed his "timid" princess consort into the spotlight, she quietly brought the household affairs into flawless order in corners where no one could see. When he was ambushed, she always managed to avoid every deadly danger with a perfectly timed, "accidental" stumble.

At last, Xiao Jue grew suspicious. His prey seemed not to be as harmless as she appeared. He laid a vast net and pressed her at every turn, wanting only to tear away her pitiful disguise and see what kind of true face lay beneath.

Until, at a palace banquet, a monstrous conspiracy swept over them, its blade pointed straight at Xiao Jue's throat. At the critical moment, the frail figure who had always stayed behind him slowly rose before everyone's eyes.

She stood in front of him, holding a golden hairpin to her enemy's throat. When she looked back at him