[A princess who plays the pig to eat the tiger & a male lead who hands her the knife]
[Devoted couple + revenge + satisfying read + secret identities + play the pig to eat the tiger]
Ning Huan was the most honored princess in the Beichen Kingdom. Her imperial grandfather had personally chosen her title, her imperial grandmother cherished her dearly, her father was hailed by the people as a god of war, and her mother was a wealthy merchant whose fortune rivaled that of a nation. But it all came crashing down on the day of the Lantern Festival.
Her uncle, who had just taken the throne, murdered her parents. To save her life, her imperial grandmother took her south, ostensibly so she could recuperate, but in truth to keep her far from the vortex of power.
After her parents died, seven-year-old Ning Huan was so grief-stricken that she developed aphasia.
In the wake of that upheaval, the once-adored darling of heaven became a fallen princess whom no one cared about.
At seventeen, Ning Huan was summoned back to the capital by the emperor's edict arranging her marriage, destined to become a political pawn.
From then on, Ning Huan set out for the capital, killing corrupt merchants, purging the imperial harem, executing treacherous ministers, slaying the emperor with her own hands, and seizing the throne.
“You kill, I hand you the knife. You slaughter the palace, I clean up after you. All I ask is… to stand behind you.”
“Are you willing, even if it means ending up with nothing?”
“I could ask for nothing more. I’d gladly embrace it.”
