Chi Yao went through the book and became a cannon fodder female supporting character who is devoted to the male protagonist but is treated as a pawn.
But her mission was to conquer the deposed prince who was imprisoned in the cold palace, covered in wounds, and rumored to be crazy.
If the mission fails, she will be trapped in the book forever, repeating the fate of the original owner being exploited to death over and over again.
When she found him, he was huddled in the corner of the cold palace, wrapped in chains, with sinister eyes like a trapped animal.
Chi Yao knelt down and handed a piece of hot cake to him.
He raised his eyes and his voice was as hoarse as a knife cutting across the stone surface: "... Who asked you to come?"
She smiled: "The person who will take you out."
Later, she gave him medicine, held him when he went crazy, and told him stories when he couldn't sleep.
He learned to trust, to be gentle, and to love like a normal person.
Then——
He personally pushed her to the male protagonist.
"Aren't you here to attack me?" He turned his back to her and his voice was so calm that he said, "I admit defeat. Just go."
Chi Yao clenched his fists, turned around and left step by step.
What she didn't see was that he bit the tip of his tongue and blood dripped down the corner of his mouth, falling drop by drop on the cold stone bricks.
She thought the mission had failed.
But on the night of the palace coup, he led his troops into the imperial city, walked up to her covered in blood, knelt down on one knee, and handed her a blood-stained prince seal:
"You said you would take me out. Now, let me take you."
Purpose: To redeem others is also to redeem oneself.