Everyone was waiting to see her die on her wedding night. She hid a needle in her sleeve to protect herself, but Pei Jin pinned her beneath the red wedding curtains and saw through every escape route she had. The nuptial wine was poisoned, someone was listening outside the window, the marquis's household was using her as a pawn, and the empress dowager wanted her to take someone else's place in death.
Yet the most dangerous man of all leaned close and asked in a low voice, “Princess Consort, do you want to kill me, or have me?” A sham wedding night sets off a chain of old cases, power struggles, and forbidden desire. She thought she was nothing but a discarded pawn. Later, she discovered that from the very first night, he had never intended to let her go.
