Nothing Outside the Throne Is Worth Mentioning

The young woman had just left the battlefield and gone to Jiangnan.

There, she met a sickly young master carrying a zither.

Through countless nights in the harsh northwest, the journey from an unknown foot soldier to Jin An, a renowned female marquis, was forged.

Then, in a single day, she lost her power and was demoted, sent south.

They say she is ruthless and cruel, ungrateful to those who once helped her, and that she has blood on her hands. One day, she’ll fall from her lofty position and be cursed by everyone. Look, hasn’t that day of reckoning finally arrived?

Jin An: “You’re right about all of it. So what?”

She rebukes ministers without fearing the emperor’s authority and seeks power without caring whether she survives.

No matter how turbulent the times or how deep the schemes, she manipulates everything in the palm of her hand.

Until she accidentally stumbles over a rock in her path.

That rock is beautiful and clingy.

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The young master Yu Lansi is fair-skinned, beautiful, and heir to a fortune. But when disaster strikes, his savior is even more ruthless than the bandits.

She grips him by the throat and says, “I’m here to save you.”

Then she points her bow and arrow at him. “Young Master Yu can trade his life for the safety of an entire city. It would be a worthy death.”

She can play along with any situation as easily as breathing.

Love and romance mean nothing to her.

To her, passion is no more than a speck of dust on the grand monument of the world.

So he defies her, clings to her, covets her, and demands more,

laying his plans one step at a time, hoping to drag her down with him.

P.S.:

*A ruthless heroine who takes on everyone and has no heart x a beautiful, useless fox-spirit hero.

*The main plot follows the heroine as she single-mindedly pursues power, while the hero diligently pursues romance. The heroine is no saint. The hero’s virtue is a basic requirement: without it, he wouldn’t even get near her, and even with it, he might not win her over.

*An alternate universe with lots of original worldbuilding. There’s plenty of romance, so proceed with caution if that’s not your thing.

Theme: Strive to pursue what your heart desires.