The Emperor Is Holding the Princess Hostage Again to Control His Ministers

She is the Ninth Princess, transported here from the apocalypse and bound to a life-preserving System. To stay alive, she has no choice but to run wild and make trouble, becoming a constant source of worry for the emperor. He is Xie Yanchen, son of the prime minister: a dazzling talent with unfathomable depths, yet uninterested in court politics and power. He spends his days idling away from the world, and no matter how often the emperor tries to recruit him, he remains impossible to command. He is another thorn in the emperor’s side. No one can find a way to control these two major threats that keep the emperor awake night after night. Until one day, the emperor suddenly discovers how to get Xie Yanchen in line, and also finds a way to keep the Ninth Princess in check. With a single stroke, the emperor turns these two troublesome liabilities into powerful allies at court. He never expected, though, that he would also be delivering his youngest daughter into the hands of a powerful minister…