A lone wolf from the frontier seeking revenge for her mother meets a frail, calculating beauty of the imperial harem.
From scheming against each other to entrusting their lives to one another, she conquers the realm for one reason: to abolish the world that forced him to grovel.
Amid the snowstorms of the northern frontier, Shen Zhaoning watched with her own eyes as her mother was tortured to death by the powerful. Thirteen years later, she enters the palace disguised as a man, determined to find the culprit.
She thought she was cold-hearted enough, until she met Rong Jing, a prince who seemed frail but was cunning to the core. He had feigned illness for years and survived the harem by killing with incense; she lay low, using others as weapons as she climbed step by step to the pinnacle of power.
They are each other’s sharpest blade, and most dangerous trial.
He says, “Shen Zhaoning, I’ve spent my whole life scheming. You’re the only one I don’t want to scheme against.”
She says, “Rong Jing, I can be ruthless to everyone in the realm. You’re the one person I can’t.”
She wants blood for blood; he wants the throne above all. But when the truth comes to light, the person who murdered her mother turns out to be the reigning empress. The moment she raises her blade, he takes every blow for her.
Two formidable partners, perfectly matched. No schemes, only sincerity.
Alternate history × gender reversal × political intrigue × love and strife
“I don’t want a prince consort. I only want you.”
