Make Myself a Piece on the Board, Lure You into the Game

[Tags: unhinged, broken engagement, taking by force, heir apparent. A high-IQ heroine + a scheming, calculating hero + a battle of equals. She makes herself a chess piece, he enters the game with his heart. She wants the truth; he wants her.]

Her father and brothers died in battle, and everyone praised them as loyal heroes. Only Gu Yanshu knew it had been a carefully orchestrated murder. Every clue to the real culprit pointed to the powerful Prince Ning's residence.

A sheltered young woman with neither power nor influence, she could only put herself in the game. She pretended to approach the second young master, Xie Huaining, securing the status of Prince Ning's future daughter-in-law while secretly seeking to overturn the case.

But one man saw through every one of her schemes: Xie Huaian, the heir to Prince Ning. He saw through her disguise and seized her weakness, yet leaned close to her ear and chuckled, “Want to uncover the truth? I'll help you, but you have to break off your engagement to my second brother.”

An old case, a web of power and intrigue.

When the fate of the nation hung in the balance, she held the situation steady in the capital while he went north to seek reinforcements.

Times changed. She became a princess sent away for a political marriage, while he faked his death and escaped, eventually becoming a prince in a foreign land.

Now, let us see who wins this game!