After My Country Fell, They Saw Through My Feigned Muteness, and the Tyrant Became Obsessed with Spoiling Me

Xie Wanwan is the lowest-born mute concubine-born daughter in the prime minister's household. To stay alive, she grovels and even dances before the emperor to please the tyrant who trampled her homeland's people underfoot. Everyone in the capital believes she's nothing but a golden songbird the emperor keeps for amusement, ready to be casually crushed once he grows bored of her. Until, at the Feast of a Thousand Autumns, the Ninth Eunuch presents a border defense map and tears away her disguise in front of everyone. The timid, submissive mute wipes the blood from her lips. She no longer kneels, instead looking down at the court officials as she sneers, “Wei Cang, you spineless cur. How dare you look upon me?” Only then does the world learn that she is none other than the legendary Princess Linglong, the most exalted princess of Great Chu, long believed to have died for her country. Chu Linglong thinks she is about to be sentenced to be torn apart by chariots. But the tyrannical emperor only laughs madly, tossing the imperial seal she needs to restore her country at her feet like a piece of trash. “You want to restore your country? Beg me. If I feel like it, I might even give you this empire.” “Even if it takes hell, I'll bind you in golden chains and make you descend into ruin with me.” She sets the Star-Picking Tower ablaze, thinking she can finally fake her death and escape. She has no idea that beyond the palace walls, an inescapable net has already been laid The powerful minister who betrayed her, her “father,” has prepared a private residence and only wants to hide her away in a secret chamber. The sinister, ruthless head of the Eastern Depot has sharpened his blades, intent on breaking her legs and keeping her imprisoned. And the tyrant himself stands guard at the border with a sword in hand. “Wanwan, there is nowhere you can go except my bed.”