[A gloomy, affection-starved, unhinged prince × a clear-eyed princess who hides her true nature | Love and hate | A battle of wills]
⭐Tags: Revenge | Political intrigue | Strong female lead | Face-slapping | Suspense
Everyone in Great Zhao says Princess Yong'an is lucky, cherished by the emperor and empress from the moment she was born.
But all her life, she has danced on the edge of a blade and fought to survive on the brink of a cliff.
When she was eight, a pair of cold eyes, with a red mole at their corners, taught her what fear was for the first time. He said, “Some things are best forgotten.”
But she remembered everything.
She remembered those who wanted to kill her, and those who died for her.
At court, the great clans watch her like hawks, and the memorials impeaching her pile up nearly half a person high. In the inner palace, her mother is condemned as a woman usurping a man's role, and they wish they could flay the Xiao family alive.
She doesn't want to die. She wants to protect the people by her side.
But she has no power.
Until the blood of someone dear to her splashes across her face. Clutching a dagger, she claws her way out of hell
No one knows that the man with the red mole at the corner of his eye is waiting for her to turn the court upside down.
He thinks he's the one moving the pieces.
But she intends to be the one who flips the board.
Content warning: Since the heroine is an empress, there will be multiple romantic interests.
