A Pawn in a Political Marriage, I Was Doted on Exclusively by the Enemy Prince

Zhao Lingheng was the fifth princess of Dayin, born to the empress, but she shared little connection with her parents and was raised at her imperial grandmother's side from childhood.

The Empress Dowager had barely been laid to rest when Dayin suffered a military defeat. Before her mourning clothes were even off, she was dressed in a bridal gown for a political marriage.

That night, a young man in black swept in through the inn window on a gust of sand. He plucked the jade bead she wore close to her heart, his dark eyes bright and untamed. "I'm your husband. I've got your token, so wait for me. I'll come marry you."

They said Prince Jing was gentle and mild, but the man before her was brimming with defiance and nothing like the rumors.

Only later did she learn that Prince Jing had been ambushed on the way and was missing, presumed dead.

The boy who had boldly declared he would marry her that night, and changed the course of her life, was Xiao Yu, the fourth prince of Beilin, whose mother's clan already held power over the court.

The world said that a princess sent off for a political marriage was adrift like a duckweed, a pawn for others to manipulate.

Only Zhao Lingheng knew how this scourge, who never said a serious word, had gradually placed before her the "home" she had never had.

Xiao Yu was determined to spoil that pawn until she became the Princess Consort Ding who held his heart.

[Marriage First, Love Later · Political Marriage] [Sharp-Tongued Prince × Clear-Eyed Princess] [Devoted Love in Plain Sight · Love Grows Over Time · Court Intrigue · Happy Ending]