In my previous life, I was the most dazzling legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's household, yet I hid my brilliance for him and gave up everything to tend the household.
He said, "My dear, the prince's manor is your home. I'll take care of everything."
I believed him. In the end, he and my "best friend" conspired to frame my father and brothers for treason. The Lin family was slaughtered on the execution ground, while he ended my life with a cup of poison in the cold palace, on a broken bed.
Only as I lay dying did I hear the deafening gongs and drums outside the window. It was his grand day of welcoming a new concubine.
When I opened my eyes again, I was sixteen, on the day my wedding sedan chair carried me into Prince Rui's manor.
Beneath my veil, I tore off my jeweled coronet, a cold smile laced with poison.
In this life, what did I care for virtue and gentleness, or marital affection? I would turn this splendid manor into your graveyard!
Faithless bastard? I'll ruin his reputation and send him on a slow journey to the underworld!
White lotus? I'll tear off her beautiful mask and grind her into the dust!
Not one person who bullied, betrayed, or harmed me will escape!
I proceed carefully, weaving a web in secret while playing the role of a gentle, harmless new princess consort.
Until one late night, the young heir, rumored to be as gentle as jade but always spying on me from the shadows, climbed through my window once again.
This time, I didn't pretend to be startled.
I pressed a poisoned hairpin to his throat and smiled. "We can work together, as long as you stay out of my way."
He gave a low laugh, his warm breath brushing my ear.
"I'll help you avenge yourself, Princess Consort. If you agree to..."
"Once it's done, will you share half your bed with me?"
This is the story of a black-lotus princess consort joining forces with a scheming young heir. They torment scumbags, flirt with each other, and eventually overturn the realm and claim the pinnacle of power for themselves.
