[A seemingly frail but actually scheming crown prince × a money-savvy little manager with a flair for drama]
Shen Zhiyi is transported into the role of a crown princess who married in her sister's place. From the start, she faces a financial disaster: her husband is critically ill, and the Eastern Palace is twelve thousand in debt. To stay alive, she acts like a lovesick, delicate flower by day, consumed by her devotion, then stays up all night making money and building her career.
Just as she thinks she's putting on a one-woman show, the crown prince, who keeps coughing up blood, chuckles in her ear. “Your acting is decent, my lady, but... you're a little too full of energy.”
And so begins their daily contest of acting skills in the imperial palace:
She pawns her jade pendant to raise money, and he turns around and slips her his private savings. “What's mine is yours.”
When people give her a hard time, he coughs up blood as he shields her. “My wife is frail. Don't frighten her.”
When she wants to open a bank for women, he personally clears the way. “If you want to do it, then do it. I'll hold up the sky if it falls.”
Only when he takes a fatal blow for her on the night of the palace coup does she realize that this man is a master who has been pretending to be a fool!
“Reading Guide”
◆ One-on-one romance, both leads' first love, mutual attraction, and a career-focused couple
◆ From drowning in debt to becoming the richest in the land, from a marriage of convenience to partners in an empire
◆ I'll earn the money and support the family, while you look beautiful (not really)
