A Princess Hostage from the Start, and the Madpower Minister Begs for a Touch

[Highly intelligent heroine + terrible hero + ensemble cast + political intrigue + mystery-solving]

Transported into a political intrigue novel aimed at male readers, she finds herself a hostage from the start. She had planned to lie flat and keep her head down, but the male lead repeatedly forces her to fight back.

Wen Ciyu: “Kidnap her. Make sure she's bleeding.”

Sheng Jingyuan: Who shot me with an arrow and then stabbed me?

Wen Ciyu: “Use her as bait to test the waters.”

Sheng Jingyuan: Me again?

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Behind the peaceful age, the jade dew that can restore youth overnight requires the first blood of young women. A kiln is piled high with mutilated corpses, innocent loyal souls lie buried beneath a corruption case, and a vast trafficking organization has entangled the life-and-death interests of several national capitals. The powerful laugh and say, “Commoners are no better than pigs and dogs. If they die, they die.”

Sheng Jingyuan laughs in anger. “You really insist on making me step in, don't you?”

She turns the court upside down, wipes out the great clans, kicks corrupt officials aside, and slashes her way through them all. By the time she reaches the throne, she is the only one left.

Wen Ciyu kneels on one knee, holding up the bloodstained imperial seal. “Your Highness, please ascend the throne.”

Sheng Jingyuan: Thanks, but whoever wants the job can have it.

Wait, can I expand the harem?