[Woman Disguised as a Man + Only Devoted to Each Other + Cunning Fox × Little Fox + Mutual Redemption + Two Powerful Strategists + Happy Ending]
All 137 members of the Chu family were executed for treason by imperial decree.
Only Chu Jiao was thrown into the lightless imperial prison.
She learned every kind of strategy and mechanism in prison, and heard from an old court official about the treasures in the imperial mausoleum and a catalog of weapon designs. After escaping, she was driven off a cliff by pursuers. To survive and take revenge, she volunteered to test a gu and used a heartless gu to mend her severed meridians.
Seven years later, disguised as a man under the name Shen Yuan, she returned to the capital with a fortune beyond measure.
She would make the emperor, powerful officials, and noble families who framed the Chu family suffer disgrace and taste the pain of having their whole clans wiped out.
To enter the political arena, she stepped into the fray of her own accord and became the notorious “favorite” of Prince Qi Guimi of Zhennan.
She wanted to overturn the verdict, and he handed her the evidence. She wanted to kill, and he cleared the way.
After countless clashes and tests, Qi Guimi finally recognized that the cunning, greedy little fox before him was the Chu family girl who should have died seven years ago.
“Chu Jiao, you can’t destroy yourself along with everything else.”
When she thought she had to choose between revenge and true feelings, he preserved every path of retreat for her:
“You don’t have to choose. Whichever road you want to take, I’ll walk it with you to the end.”
She carried the Heartless Gu, which made her heart ache whenever she fell in love. He carried the Love-Extinguishing Gu, which would kill him if he fell in love.
One claimed to be heartless but had a heart, while the other was meant to be without love but fell anyway.
But there was only enough medicine in the world to cure one person of both gu.
Some wanted to take her far away. Others lost everything because of her.
Only Qi Guimi always stood behind her, never asking her to look back.
She asked, “Your Highness, aren’t you afraid I’ll overturn your whole game?”
He smiled. “I set up this game for you in the first place.”
