[Gorgeous, scheming black-lotus heroine x sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, love-struck regent] [Two powerful leads]
Chu Jinghong transmigrates into the body of a fallen princess and is forced to marry Xie Wuji, the living King of Hell who wields power over the court.
In the original story, she becomes obsessed with the male lead and is eventually mutilated and left to die in the wilderness.
To survive, she hides her breathtaking beauty and plays the meek little quail, hoping only to stay alive.
Who could have guessed that on her wedding night, she'd suddenly be able to hear Xie Wuji's thoughts?
Beneath her veil, his fingertips are cold. “Behave yourself, and perhaps I'll let you live.”
But inside, he's restless with excitement: “Tsk, her hands are so soft, her waist so slender... Why hasn't this veil been lifted yet?!”
Chu Jinghong: ???
Later, she discovers that the regent, rumored to be brutal and cold-hearted, is really a drama queen who never says what he means.
He orders her to copy scriptures, all while thinking: “Is the ink dark enough? Is your wrist sore? Her handwriting is so beautiful.”
He praises the secondary consort's virtue to her face, while thinking: “It's all an act! She's nowhere near as good as Jinghong! Why isn't she jealous yet?”
Then assassins attack at a palace banquet, and he shields her with his body, fighting his way through the bloodshed.
In front of everyone, he gives her a cold, scornful look. “What a nuisance. You do nothing but cause trouble for me.”
Then he pulls her behind a deserted corridor pillar, his breath scorching, his thoughts hoarse and jumbled:
“That scared me to death... Are you hurt? Whoever touched her, I'll wipe out their whole clan!”
At last, Chu Jinghong can take no more. She hooks a finger into his bloodstained lapel and breathes softly, “Your Highness, why are the things you think and the things you say never the same?”
Xie Wuji's ears turn red as he kisses her fiercely. “Be quiet! Don't you know what I'm thinking?”
