The Red-Robed Schemer: Winning Over the Regent

Shen Qingci, daughter of the current prime minister, knows she is nothing more than a pawn her father uses to secure his power. Her future as the Crown Prince's consort is a cage as well. She ignores the provocations of the Crown Prince's beloved and waits before the Buddha for the fate already set for her.

Then a monk's prophecy jolts her awake: the day the new emperor ascends the throne will be the day the entire Shen family is destroyed.

In this desperate situation, she seizes her only chance at survival: Prince Jing, Xiao Yi, a powerful figure who stands toe to toe with the Crown Prince.

He helps her break free, teaches her political strategy, and forges her from a pawn into a player moving the pieces.

When the Crown Prince's wedding gifts and the imperial decree ordering the Shen family arrested arrive at the same time, she turns around in her blood-red wedding dress, beneath the gaze of the crowd, and walks toward the man who is truly master of the realm.

“Your Highness, you want the realm, and I want the Shen family safe. A pleasure doing business with you.”