A money-grubbing, cowardly, ditzy beauty who loves putting on a show x a deranged, hopelessly lovestruck deposed crown prince | A battle of wits between two master actors | A terrifying tyrant pretends to be weak | Happy ending
Shen Luyuan met a gruesome end in her previous life!
Born with a beauty that could ruin kingdoms, she was driven to her own destruction by her greed.
She stole credit for saving Chu Yuan, the deposed crown prince who had fallen into obscurity among the common people, then used that supposed debt to order him around and make him do backbreaking work to earn money.
Then the crown prince reclaimed his throne, and the true savior, Shen Luyuan's younger half-sister, appeared and exposed her for stealing the credit.
Shen Luyuan believed that even if she hadn't earned the merit, she'd put in the effort.
She threw tantrums and clung to him relentlessly. The annoyed tyrant finally snapped, cruelly settling the score and throwing her into the mountains to feed the wolves.
Reborn, Shen Luyuan wants nothing more than to keep her distance from the deranged tyrant, carefully save up, and run away! No more clinging to him!
To make her escape, she pawned his token, then even pawned his family heirloom.
At last, with her heavy little nest egg in hand, she made her escape under cover of night.
But just as she reached the city gate, the tyrant, dressed in imperial robes, blocked her way.
He pinched Shen Luyuan's chin, smiling with indulgent menace. “My realm has nowhere you can escape to.”
“You stole my heart and made off with my money. Did you really think you could just leave?”
“Luyuan, tell me, how should I punish you?”
The writing is very good [adoration][adoration][adoration]