[Dignified, aloof, fake; lovesick, obsessive noblewoman for real x unruly, fake; a prince who truly makes her grovel]
[Historical romance + devoted to each other + a jade pendant that “talks” + heroine turns dark later + emotional push and pull + mutual salvation + heroine's revenge]
At an ordinary palace banquet, the emperor betrothed Zhao Xuexuetang to Prince Yijun, Qin Chaoyue.
Zhao Xuexuetang was secretly delighted, but didn't dare show it.
Because he had once said,
“I don't like lovesick women.”
She couldn't let him find out, no matter what. She didn't want him to see her as a nuisance.
Qin Chaoyue was the palace's little tyrant, someone no one dared provoke.
Having a fiancée thrust upon him without warning left him irritated.
He assumed Zhao Xuexue was unhappy about the marriage too, until he saw what appeared on the jade pendant...
At first:
Qin Chaoyue: Zhao Xuexue, stop wasting your time on me!
Zhao Xuexue: I'll get mad if you look at anyone else~
Later:
Qin Chaoyue: Tang'er, I smell like face powder.
Don't you want to ask me anything?
Zhao Xuexue {dark version): sharpening her knives toward...