[A slow-burn story about two equally formidable women] Please be kind if you don’t like it. The author is still learning and growing.
[A disowned playboy ‘son’ VS a cool, aloof heiress]
She married into the Chancellor’s household, and the whole city laughed at her.
A disgraced marquis? A good-for-nothing? The capital’s number-one playboy?
Fine, she’d own it.
The Chancellor’s legitimate daughter looked down on her?
Fine, she’d put up with it.
They treated her like a tool and ordered her around?
Fine, she didn’t care.
After all, she’d come to the Chancellor’s household to investigate a case and avenge herself.
But then
The Chancellor’s daughter was framed?
Xie Lin’an: ??? What does that have to do with me?
The Chancellor’s daughter was sentenced to death?
Xie Lin’an: Huh??? Wait, I can’t let that happen!
And so
Stirring up the court? Small potatoes.
Tearing corrupt ministers apart? A piece of cake.
Rising to the pinnacle of power? Just a side effect.
Shen Zhiwei: Who are you, really?
Xie Lin’an: Your husband, of course.
Shen Zhiwei: You’re a woman?!
Xie Lin’an: Does that matter? Staying alive is what counts.
