The Paranoid Chancellor Has Been Plotting for Ages

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Previously titled The Eldest Princess's Guide to Taming Her Husband

[Bright and bold eldest princess x cool, noble regent]

In the summer of Chengping Year Three, a sudden imperial decree of marriage bound the fate of Princess Zhaoyang, Shen Yunsheng, to Zhou Jue, the infamous "Jade-Faced Rakshasa."

Everyone said the arrogant and overbearing princess and the violent, despotic regent were a perfect match.

Everyone was terrified of the regent, Zhou Jue. Shen Yunsheng was no exception.

But she had nowhere to retreat. One step forward led into the tiger's den of the prince's residence; one step back meant a distant marriage to Beiliang.

Royal princesses' marriages had always been sacrifices in political power struggles. She knew that perfectly well.

She would never forget the freezing winter night when she first met him. Blood burst forth, staining the pure white snow.

The murderous intent in his eyes had terrified her until her heart pounded and her legs went weak.

That single glance became a nightmare that haunted her for months.

But she refused to accept her fate!

She treated this political marriage as a life-or-death game in which one of them would die. Using herself as bait, she maneuvered against him.

With the military tally in hand, she was ready to complete her mission and leave. Escape from the prince's residence seemed just within reach.

Then the coldhearted fiend's eyes reddened, his voice almost breaking as he pleaded, "I'll give you anything you want. Just don't leave me, all right?"

According to the rumors, Regent Zhou Jue wielded power over the whole court and harbored ambitions for the throne. He was bloodthirsty and cruel, having climbed to where he was today over the corpses of his family.

The imperial marriage was nothing more than a ploy to seize power and usurp the throne.

Everyone was waiting to see how the pampered, willful princess would meet a gruesome end at the hands of the murderous fiend once she married him.

But no one knew that he had plotted that marriage for a long time and personally begged the emperor to grant him the favor.

After they married, each had different plans. Shen Yunsheng thought only of how to take the military power back from Zhou Jue, while Zhou Jue thought every day about how to make her happy and stay by her side for all their years to come.

At last, he asked in a hoarse whisper:

"What do you want?"

"What if I want the military power in your hands, and your head?"

He curved his lips into a fond smile, his eyes filled with almost pathological obsession. "If that's what Shengsheng wants, then take them."

Theme: Women should stand on their own and grow strong.