To investigate her parents’ old case and uncover the mystery of her birth, she volunteers to become a substitute bride and marry into the most disreputable, foolish prince’s household in the capital.
Everyone laughs at her for courting death, convinced that marrying a mad, crippled prince will doom her to a miserable life.
Only Lu Qingyan knows the truth:
Prince Huai is pretending to be a fool, while she conceals her identity;
He bides his time, while she carefully advances her plans.
On their wedding night, the foolish prince suddenly opens his eyes, cold ambition glinting beneath his gaze.
“Why did you enter my household of your own accord, Princess Consort?”
With a silver needle in hand, she smiles and counters:
“And why does Your Highness pretend to be insane?”
In public, he is a clingy, foolish crippled prince who relies only on her;
In private, he is a ruthless ruler with power over the court, protecting her alone.
She thinks she is a player who has entered the game to investigate its mysteries,
not knowing that since the day she was born, she has been the late emperor’s ultimate secret move.
The wrongful death of the Grand Princess, the relatives of the empress seizing power, Prince Hui’s usurpation...
All are part of a shocking scheme that offers the realm as a sacrifice.
When the mark of the true dragon on her back is revealed, the Nine Provinces are shaken.
She is no orphan, no substitute princess consort,
but the true empress, chosen by fate and of the rightful bloodline!
“I bided my time,
only to wait for you to return bearing Heaven’s mandate.
The realm is yours, and you are mine.”
