The Cannon-Fodder Princess of Dongli Turns Her Fate Around

Marriage first, love later + rekindled romance

A neglected princess sent to seal a marriage alliance + an ambitious prince

Once she set out on the journey to marry into a foreign kingdom, Princess Xin Zhu felt more at ease than ever before. In the palace of Xihai, even the servants could trample on her. Carrying hopes for her future husband, she arrived in Daliang, a realm several times more powerful than Xihai, and fell for His Highness the Prince of Jin at first sight. But fate played cruel tricks on them, blinding them to their true feelings and making them miss each other again and again...

Qi Xuhuai is the fifteenth prince of the Daliang dynasty. Talented and decorated with countless military victories, he is nevertheless frustrated and unfulfilled. To clear the way for the Crown Prince, the emperor of Daliang repeatedly suppresses him. When the emperor grants him the princess of a tiny kingdom as his consort, Qi Xuhuai resents Xin Zhu, whom he has not even met. In the end, he can no longer avoid the marriage, though he delays it as long as he can. But as they spend time together, he fails to notice that his heart has already turned toward her. His repeated acts of cruelty drive the woman who once had eyes only for him farther and farther away...