A Secret Decree Binds Their Hearts: The Top Scholar's Scheme

Name: A Secret Decree Binds Their Hearts: The Top Scholar's Scheme
Author: Guo What

密旨牵情：状元谋妃

by Guo What (郭什么)

Status: Completed
Length: 156k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Ancient-Style Life
Updated: 10mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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(Substitute marriage + power struggles + solving cases + scheming + sharp-witted heroine) Li Zhiyi, the illegitimate daughter of the Great General Who Guards the Nation, is trapped in a desperate situation while searching for a secret imperial decree. By a twist of fate, she takes the place of the bride and marries into the Gu family. Gu Yunyi sees through the deception and realizes she is not the real Liu girl, but after testing each other and standing side by side through many trials, the two fall in love. Just as their affection reaches its height, a decree from the new emperor summons Li Zhiyi back to the capital by force. He threatens her into entering the palace and bestows the title of consort upon her, tearing the couple apart. Unwilling to let the woman he loves remain trapped in a gilded cage, Gu Yunyi studies hard, takes the civil service examinations, and enters the court as the top scholar. He carefully advances step by step, all to get closer to the imperial palace. But the treacherous court has other plans. An unjust accusation gets him demoted and sent to a remote backwater, where he is also poisoned with an epidemic and falls unconscious. When Li Zhiyi receives the news, she resolutely breaks through the palace walls and rushes a thousand miles to save the man she loves.

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