After We Conquered the Court Together, My Nemesis and I Got Our Happy Ending

Shen Jinghong lives by a single principle: coast through life. After clawing her way out of the muck of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's prison, she used her consummate skill at going along to get along to thrive in the ruthless imperial court. One day, she clinked cups with Lord Zhang; the next, she did a favor for Minister Li. Her goal was to land an easy post before retirement and return to her hometown.

Unfortunately, fate had a nemesis in store for her: Lu Yinbing.

The pride of the Censorate, upright and aloof, she couldn't abide the slightest hint of corruption. Shen Jinghong had barely finished “fixing” a colleague's accounts when Lu Yinbing showed up at her door with the evidence, wearing a chilly smile that said, “Let's see how long you last.”

Shen Jinghong: “Lord Lu, it's best to leave a little room for others. We might meet again someday.”

Lu Yinbing: “Hmph. A parasite on the nation like you is someone I never need to see again.”

The entire court waited to see the two women officials fight to the death. People were even taking bets.

But no one expected a vast conspiracy to sweep them all up. Old cases were reopened, imperial power was shaken, and the ministers who had stood above everyone else yesterday became prisoners overnight.

At the critical moment, Shen Jinghong pulled the isolated and helpless Lu Yinbing behind her and said with a roguish grin, “Lord Lu, your rules won't save you. Want to live? Then stick with me.”

Looking into Shen Jinghong's smiling eyes, Lu Yinbing didn't argue for the first time.

Later...

Word around town had it that the two newly appointed female Grand Secretaries, one ruthless and the other impartial, joined forces and struck such fear into corrupt officials that they cried for their mothers.

Only Shen Jinghong knew how soft her icy-faced censor was in private.

One day, after court,