Tags: historical romance, court intrigue, household intrigue, a powerful couple, revenge
(One man and one woman, both pure; this is my first novel, so please go easy on me~(¯▽¯~)~)
She is Han Qinxue, who has taken the place of Gu Jingchu, the forgotten legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an's household. After her family is massacred, she endures six years of humiliation and becomes an assassin, all so she can return to the capital alive and clear her family’s name.
He is Prince Yan, Song Jingyi, whose immense power at court has made the emperor wary of him. He commands the mysterious organization Palace of the King of Hell, is calculating and ruthless, and secretly investigates a major corruption case, only to become embroiled in a marriage plot aimed at him.
Gu Jingchu goes with the flow, putting on a meek facade as she carefully advances her plans.
She plays the pig to eat the tiger and marries into Prince Yan’s household, unaware that she has long since caught his eye. The two, each hiding their own agenda, gradually see through one another’s masks amid their tests and clashes.
He thinks she is a spy sent by the marquis’s household, yet again and again he is drawn to her intelligence and resilience. She thinks he is a cold-hearted power broker, yet when danger strikes, he quietly shields her.
The corruption scandal involving disaster relief funds in Jiangnan, the old case of the Han family from six years ago, the empress dowager’s old pact with the Mu family... Behind the layers of fog, powerful factions are locked in a tangled struggle.
When the truth finally comes to light, they discover that they share the same enemies.
Later, after avenging her father, she wants to disappear into the mountains and forests, but he cannot bear to let her go. He uses every means at his disposal just to make her stay.
Though he is so exalted, he crouches at her feet and begs humbly: “Xue’er~ Don’t leave me behind~”
