[Strong Female Lead] [Political Intrigue] [Clever Protagonist] [Slow Burn]
[Careful Planning] [No Golden Finger]
"Your Highness, it is time to depart."
That urging voice sent me thousands of miles away to the Southern Barbarians.
In the Great Jin imperial family, princes bear the surname Bei, and princesses the surname Nan. I, Nan Zhiyi, was merely a destitute princess, unloved by both the emperor and the empress. The words "marry in place of your elder sister" sounded respectable, but in truth I was no more than a discarded pawn, sent off to marry into that savage land.
No one thought I would survive.
Even fewer believed that a princess sent to marry could make any waves among the Southern Barbarians.
But they forgot: the more barren the soil, the more determined I am to make flowers bloom.
In all my years ruling the Southern Barbarians, I have drawn nobles to my side, quelled internal strife, opened trade routes, and built a new army. In court, I sit upon the phoenix throne, while the entire assembly of ministers bows to my command. On the battlefield, I charge with my saber in hand, striking terror into enemy forces. Anyone who tells me to kneel will never stand again.
From discarded pawn to player of the game, I, Nan Zhiyi, carved out a fearsome name for myself in this savage land: the Southern Queen, Nan Jinwei.
Praised by the court and revered by the people, I stood at the pinnacle of power, believing that nothing in this world could make me bow my head.
Until that man appeared.
He neither kneels to me nor fears me. His eyes seem able to peel away every disguise I wear and look straight into my soul. The authority I painstakingly built is like a thin sheet of paper before him, pierced with a single touch.
Worse still, he shamelessly says to me:
"Your Highness, are you tired?"
I want to see who else in this world dares speak to me that way and still make it out of the Southern King's Palace alive.
I hope you can support me a lot