[Marriage Before Love + Two Powerful Leads in a Battle of Wits + Historical Political Intrigue + Great Clans + The Hero Has Been Scheming for Years]
Three years ago, Pei Guanlan’s memorial to the throne sent the Cui family’s senior branch into the abyss.
Three years later, Cui Yunheng was forced out of the family ancestral hall, only to receive an imperial decree arranging a marriage to the very man who had personally sought her hand.
She saw him as her sworn enemy and assumed this marriage would benefit them both.
“Once the old case is cleared up, if you want a divorce, Duke, I won’t make trouble for you.”
Pei Guanlan, usually so composed, turned red-eyed.
“The Duke’s household only grants divorces initiated by the husband. There is no such thing as a mutual divorce.”
She used marriage as a chess piece, borrowing his power to protect her younger brother and take control of the Cui family again.
He willingly surrendered his military authority and kept hidden the betrothal letter he had written two years earlier. He had planned every step, all to marry her.
She thought she was using him.
Only later did she realize that he had been there to catch her at every turn.
Then the old accounts from Yanmen resurfaced, her supposedly dead elder brother returned, and the secret forces of the Cui and Pei clans emerged.
Only then did Cui Yunheng understand that this imperial marriage was not the beginning of the game.
Someone wanted to use their wedding to throw the world into chaos.
And they decided to overturn the entire chessboard together.
