Moonlight on the Ashes: Prince, Your Lady Is Scheming for Power Again

Shen Qingci, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis’s household, has spent fifteen years pretending to be frail and sickly. In truth, she holds the lifelines of half the merchants in the capital, and her schemes are unfathomably deep! At her coming-of-age ceremony, she stumbles upon a prince plotting rebellion. To protect her family and save her own life, she promptly bundles herself up and marries Xiao Jinyu, the “idle prince” whom everyone in the capital looks down on. On their wedding night, they make a pact: “You’ll use the Marquis’s household to seize power, and I’ll rely on the Prince’s household for protection. We won’t interfere with each other!” Who could have guessed that this seemingly useless prince is actually a ruthless, cunning schemer who has been biding his time for years? She takes on her stepmother, eliminates treacherous officials, and controls the economy. He protects her and helps her turn the court upside down. They go from using each other to falling deeply in love. “Your Highness, what happened to not interfering with each other?” Shen Qingci asks, raising an exasperated brow as the man closes in on her. Xiao Jinyu pulls her into his arms, his eyes filled with an irrepressible possessiveness. “How could I let anyone else covet my princess?” As the throne changes hands and the nation is thrown into turmoil, she becomes his sharpest sword, and he her strongest shield. Amid palace coups, wars, and misunderstandings, they overcome every obstacle, join hands to rule the world, and promise to be each other’s one and only for life! [Power couple + satisfying political intrigue + sweet-and-angsty romance + mutual salvation] No lovesick fools, only an exhilarating battle of wits and wills between equals. Face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place, with no mercy!