Nan Yan'er is the only daughter of the richest man in the Great Xia Kingdom.
She is hopeless at embroidery, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but a master of martial arts and putting people in their place.
She is also a pro at playing dirty and twisting the truth.
Fresh off being betrayed by a no-good man, she hears that the tyrant wants to take her into his harem as a consort.
To make matters worse, her own father interferes, losing her in a game of chess to Jiang Munian, the ruthless living devil.
Her father, who has well and truly sold her out, tells her that rather than enter the palace as a consort and lose her freedom, she might as well marry the sickly prince and wait for him to pass away. Then his two hundred thousand elite soldiers will be hers.
By then, she will have money and power, so she can do whatever she pleases, right?
Nan Yan'er thinks it sounds like a splendid plan, but when she sees the ailing Prince of Jin in his wheelchair, she is dumbstruck.
Wait, isn't he her sworn enemy?
Jiang Munian is an unambitious prince of the Great Xia Kingdom. He commands a mighty army and has killed countless people, earning himself the name of the living devil in the military.
According to the rumors, he was gravely wounded and left disabled during a major battle, which led him to petition the emperor to let him retire to his fiefdom.
Then one day, his personal guard reports, “Your Highness, a secret report from the capital. His Majesty intends to take the Nan family's daughter into his harem.”
Jiang Munian immediately panics. “Absolutely not. The Nan family is immensely wealthy. Their fortune must not fall into my imperial brother’s hands.”
“That wicked girl still hasn’t paid for the trouble she caused me last time. I can’t just let her get away with it.”
The story is novel and interesting, worth reading!