[One-on-One, Both Leads Pure|Unhinged Regent x Mind-Reading Princess|Sweet, Satisfying Happy Ending]
The Regent kept me imprisoned for three years.
Everyone thought I was his caged songbird, meek, obedient, and easy to control.
They didn't know I could hear what everyone was thinking.
The Empress Dowager wanted to use me to control the Regent, so I turned around and exposed her entire plot.
The Crown Prince tried to use me as a scapegoat for a murder, so I sent him straight to the Imperial Clan Court.
The Wei family planned to force their way into the palace with 30,000 imperial guards, so I cut off their supplies in advance.
All across the capital, people whispered: The fallen princess in the Regent's manor is even more terrifying than the Regent himself.
The Regent's response: ?
He cornered me in his study and looked down at me. "Li Qingqing, just how much have you been hiding from me?"
I blinked innocently. "Nothing at all."
His thoughts rang out right on cue: [She's lying. Her left eyebrow twitches slightly when she lies. Cute. I want to kiss her.]
Me: ???
Only later did I learn that he had been hiding things from me, too.
For example, he wasn't the one who killed my father all those years ago.
For example, when he took an arrow for me, he did it fully expecting to die.
And for example, one thought had echoed over and over in his mind for three years:
"I don't fear her hating me. I only fear her not being by my side."
[Reader's Guide]
The mind-reading golden finger stays active throughout. The heroine uses it to solve cases, take revenge, and fall in love.
The hero is a cold, powerful official on the outside, but doting and devoted on the inside. His inner thoughts are an adorable contrast.
A sweet, satisfying one-on-one romance. In the early chapters, the heroine keeps slipping up and getting found out by the hero. Later, they join forces to take down their enemies.
