Destiny Is in My Hands

Yuan Yunqing is a princess of the Yu Dynasty. Beneath her gentle, harmless, ethereal beauty lies an ambition that grows ever stronger. After the Yu Dynasty was defeated and forced to negotiate peace, Yuan Yunqing traveled to the capital of the Jing Dynasty as part of a diplomatic mission. In the capital of Jing, she met Pei Junxing, the Jing Dynasty's sixth prince. They fell in love at first sight. Yuan Yunqing knew she was born rebellious and would never accept a place beneath anyone. So she put on the appearance of a gentle, kindhearted woman and kept in touch with Pei Junxing. Pei Junxing took her horseback riding in the imperial gardens. She looked curious and sweet, then turned around and figured out the makeup of Jing's strongest forces. Pei Junxing took her boating on the lake. She was abducted by ruffians, and afterward she had the rules of Jing's military camps down pat... Once everything was in place, she faked her death, escaped back to Yu, and set out to seize power and usurp the throne. Meanwhile, grieving the loss of the woman he loved, Pei Junxing underwent a dramatic change and shut himself away from the world. Years later, Jing and Yu went to war. Jing was defeated and had no choice but to sue for peace. Among the conditions set by Yu's empress was not only that Jing submit to Yu, but also that Jing's sixth prince, Pei Junxing, be named as the consort she demanded. To prevent the war from breaking out again, the emperor of Jing accepted the empress of Yu's terms and sent his sixth prince, Pei Junxing, to Yu as a political consort. On their wedding night, Pei Junxing, his heart turned to ashes, discovered that the empress of Yu was the woman he had thought dead! What was done could not be undone. The matter was settled. The empress, dressed in splendid finery, smiled. "Though I love my empire, you are the person I love most after it." Reader's note: 1. This is a fictional dynasty. Men and women can both hold office in this story. 2. The heroine pretends to be a delicate flower early on, then returns to her true nature later. She really is ruthless, and she really is a scoundrel. 3. In the heroine's heart, her empire will always come before the hero. Even at the end, he matters less to her than her empire. [The blurb has been screenshotted and archived.] Theme: Face your own ambition.