Shadows Shine Ever On

[Delicate, ailing beauty × cold-faced King of Hell | The weak-looking schemer plays the fool × the Governor plays along to the very end]

[Historical political intrigue + spy agency]

The man who risked his life to set the trap fell in love.

The Jade Maiden Gu is both a death warrant and an aphrodisiac.

When she died before his eyes, he only furrowed his brow.

Later, all of Great Zhao knew he had gone mad…

When Pei Mingxi escaped from the Pei family’s country estate, she had only three things with her:

A body weakened by ten years of medicated broths;

A delicate, pitifully beautiful face;

And a heart of stone, determined to make Emperor Zhao pay for his crimes in blood.

She was quite pleased with the hand she’d been dealt.

The weaker she looked, the less guarded people would be; the prettier she was, the easier it would be to manipulate men.

The man who rescued her from a predatory lecher didn’t exchange a single word of greeting before stripping her bare.

Shen Yanzhou.

Chief Governor of the Shadow Bureau.

Known as the “Living King of Hell.”

Two inveterate liars found themselves aboard the same ship, neither willing to call the other out.

What followed was nothing short of delightful.

Putting on an act, they met their match in each other.

The deadliest poison in this world isn’t the Jade Maiden Gu.

It’s when someone who never tells the truth gives you their whole heart.