He Pretends to Be a Playboy, but the Heir Has Been Plotting Against Me for Ages

[Cool-headed, resilient, brilliant legitimate daughter × flamboyant, falsely mad young nobleman | Both lie low | Long-planned schemes | Powerful allies | Fake wastrel, real madman]

Shen Qingqing lost her mother at seven and was branded a “jinx who killed her mother” before being sent to Yunzhou for eight years.

Eight years later, a letter from the Shen family summons her back to the capital. Everyone says her father has finally regretted his actions, but she alone sees through his hypocrisy and cold-hearted nature. This return is no homecoming. She is entering the fray alone to tear away the Shen family's layers of false virtue.

Everyone in the capital of Great Yong knows that Xie Zhiheng, heir to Prince Rui, is frail and sickly, neglects his duties, and spends his days feasting and carousing. In their eyes, he is a wastrel who is good for nothing.

Yet no one knows that beneath his charming facade lies a shrewd mind and a fearsome edge.

When they first meet, she despises his frivolous carelessness, while he teases her for being aloof and stubborn.

Later, she becomes entangled in one scheme after another in the Shen family's inner household, determined to uncover the long-buried truth about her mother's death. Meanwhile, he hides behind his wastrel's guise as he investigates a secret affair of imperial power that has been buried for years.

After several rounds of probing and clashes, and repeated moments of standing by each other in danger, they finally glimpse each other's true selves.

She sees the restraint and careful scheming beneath his reckless facade. He is drawn to her clear-eyed sincerity and unyielding pride.

He no longer wants to spend his life pretending to be a worthless fool,

And she refuses to become a pawn at someone else's whim.