I Teased the Cold, Powerful Minister Until He Begged for a Title

[Two powerful leads + Multiple secret identities + Political intrigue and sweet romance + Everyone gets a happy ending + Satisfying face-slapping] Everyone in the capital knew that Shen Qingyan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei’s household, was a sickly woman who would gasp for breath after walking three steps and might drop dead at any moment. What they didn’t know was that she coughed up blood in public and killed people in private. She seemed frail and helpless, but was actually the master of Listening Wind Pavilion, who controlled life and death in the capital! On her first day back in the capital, she set her sights on Xie Yunzheng, the aloof, celibate chief minister who held power over the entire court. To leverage his influence and break out of her predicament, she carefully laid her plans and threw herself into the game. In public, she tugged at his sleeve, looking pitiful. “Save me, my lord. I’m frightened...” In private, she used his power to eliminate her enemies. “I intend to win this game.” She thought this was a straightforward transaction, and that she could walk away once she’d gotten what she wanted. But the chief minister, who had always kept women at arm’s length, had seen through her layers of schemes long ago and willingly trapped himself in her snare. Until the day she tried to run. Xie Yunzheng pinned her in a corner, shedding his aloof disguise. His eyes bloodshot, he gripped her wrist tight. “Shen Qingyan, you used me and now you think you can run?” “You will take my name, whether you want to or not!” Later, as the land fell to pieces, he guarded the nation’s borders alone while she united the people. He handed her a blade. “Go ahead and kill. If the sky falls, your husband will hold it up for you.” (Aloof, dangerously obsessive chief minister vs. a cunning, seductive noblewoman. A fierce battle of equals!)