Crossing Paths: Why Is Your Highness Pretending to Be Innocent Again Today?

-Plotting for the Realm Together-

After the Great Yin dynasty split apart, the realm was divided into two parts.

The Central Lands were vast and prosperous, while the Eastern Barbarians of the Outer Lands lived amid year-round sandstorms, harboring resentment and having long since lost their culture and refinement. They were capable of every kind of arson, murder, and plunder.

For a hundred years, the Inner Lands endured constant warfare as the feudal lords rose to power. The Inner Lands were divided into four kingdoms, yet they still joined forces to resist invasions from the Outer Lands.

Shen Wenyan, the fourth prince of Jin'an, makes a living pretending to be innocent and practices political scheming on the side.

In public: obedient and well-behaved, firmly aligned with the Yuan clan, an utterly harmless little victim.

In private: decisive and ruthless, the hidden "mastermind" lurking in the shadows of the court.

His sole reason for living is revenge: against his cold-hearted emperor father, his scheming concubine consort, his late mother, and the Yuan family, who have designs of their own on him...

After all, one wrong move could send him to the point of no return. (laughs)

Yan Xianyou, a prince of an enemy state, is an "unexpected surprise" on his road to revenge.

From the prison of the imperial palace to the struggle for supremacy over the realm, they build their careers and fall in love, becoming each other's most reliable allies as they test one another through political schemes. (¯▽¯)ゞ

"I never wanted to compete for the throne, but fate pushed me into the game."

"The storm rages, and I have no choice. I do not covet power. I simply need to hold this immense authority in my hands to survive and make a place for myself in these troubled times."

Their identities are shackles, locking the love surging in their hearts behind their lips. Political intrigue is the board, and everyone is a piece: the player moving the pieces, and the one caught in the game.

A seemingly loyal but actually scheming prince of an enemy state x a seemingly innocent but actually suspicious fourth prince

Yan Xianyou, courtesy name: Lingzhi. Shen Wenyan, courtesy name: Wuyu.

(Probably they go from disliking each other but having no choice but to become co-conspirators, to admiring each other and falling in love?) (/^▽^)/❤

Primarily from the shou's perspective. A slow-burn, push-and-pull romance. The early story focuses on political intrigue, with the romance taking center stage later.

No coercion, no melodramatic misunderstandings. The main appeal is watching them go from using each other to falling for each other.

One-on-one, happy ending.

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