[Marriage first, love later + powerful partnership + intense push and pull + the male lead falls for her on his own + face-slapping comeback + clear-headed, strong heroine]
In the Great Yan Empire, the custom of favoring concubines and neglecting wives began with the emperor and spread throughout the court. Su Wanning, the legitimate daughter of the Su family, watched her birth mother die and endured years of torment at the hands of a favored concubine. She was born with a bewitching beauty, a fatal curse and her last bargaining chip.
Her own father treated her like a pawn he could discard at any moment and married her off to Xiao Jue, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei, who was said to be cold and ruthless. On their wedding night, he didn't even drink a cup of nuptial wine with her, treating her as a shield instead. In this capital, where imperial power and aristocratic clans intertwined and favoring concubines while neglecting wives was commonplace, she knew that failing to fight meant death. When the emperor forced a white-lotus courtesan into the prince's mansion, and the schemes of entire families drove her into a corner, she shed her disguise and revealed her bewitching allure and deadly schemes. From partners in crime who used each other as weapons to allies who entrusted their lives to each other, she used her cunning and her body to win over this iron-willed living demon king, inch by inch. When the realm descended into chaos, she guarded the rear with her immense wealth and intelligence network, waiting for him to return, covered in blood, and promise her a lifetime with no one but her.
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