Clear-Eyed Darkened Legitimate Daughter #Brazen Villainous Prince of the Realm #Political Intrigue and Tension #Warring Factions
(Ancient-setting romance, political intrigue, woman disguised as a man)
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Su Jinxiu was born into the Nanling clan. As a child, she watched her elder legitimate sister marry into Zhongzhou and become a pawn in political machinations.
She was fortunate enough to have a childhood sweetheart who understood her and would stay by her side.
Yet the road to marriage was the longest road she had ever waited on.
She pleaded.
All she got in return was her fiancé saying, “Take care of yourself.”
Su Jinxiu watched him leave in the rain, her heart shattered to pieces. She thought nothing in this life could ever hurt more.
But only when she saw her own loved ones lying in pools of blood did she understand what it meant to lose all hope. Her heart died, and she became a demon.
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Su Jinxiu’s principle: If you don’t provoke me, I’ll keep to myself.
But this world wouldn’t let her live in peace. It refused to let her remain a simple daughter of the Su family.
Fine, then. No one gets to be happy.
When she cut a swath through her enemies, everyone called her mad.
And she truly was mad, just mad with her eyes wide open.
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Xie Xuan, the mighty overlord who struck fear across the northern frontier, had spent twenty years roughing it and wanted only the Su girl from Nanling.
But on the road to winning Su Jinxiu over, he suffered defeat after defeat, only to try again each time.
He tried every trick in the book: sweet talk, force, warmth, coldness, scheming, and taking what he wanted.
In the end, he chose to lie flat.
Xie Xuan: “Wife, look, they all want to kill me. Hurry and save me.”
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(Reader’s guide: This is not a domestic-intrigue story. It features revenge and women contending for power against various warlords.)
Note: The place names are researched to evoke the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The characters are entirely fictional, so please don’t compare them with official history.
