She is the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jingyuan’s household, and a phoenix who commands the capital’s merchant guild and is wealthy enough to rival a kingdom.
He is a foolish prince with a terrible reputation, and the hidden master of a powerful organization who controls the black market.
Shen Wantang seeks revenge. Long Yan seeks the throne.
On their wedding night, she offers him her pledge of allegiance, but he grips her waist and pins her to the bed. “Wife, is that all the effort you’re willing to make? Do you want your husband to find someone else?”
She uses memories from her previous life to seize the business world. He deploys his shadowy forces to purge his political enemies from the court.
When the list of corrupt officials is made public, when a secret medicine from Divine Physician Valley brings the dead back to life, and when Crown Prince Long Chengxi finally drinks the poisoned wine that awaited him in the Cold Palace...
Long Yan takes her hand and gazes down at the land below. “Shen Wantang, this kingdom is your dowry, and I will be your subject for the rest of my life.”
It began with mutual exploitation, became entangled in power struggles, and ended in devotion to each other.
