Seize the Wild One

After her elder brother died young, Jiang Long disguised herself as a man and took his place as Prince of Zhen'an for five years.

In the end, her attempted rebellion failed. She became a prisoner and died a miserable death, gravely ill in the imperial prison.

When she opened her eyes again, three years had passed, and she had become Shen Zhenyi, the wife of Xiao Cunjian, the Grand Secretariat's chief minister.

Xiao Cunjian was the most loyal official in the dynasty, virtuous and incorruptible, and Jiang Long's sworn enemy.

But the once noble and immaculate Chief Minister Xiao was now frail and sickly, unable to walk properly. Exiled from the capital, he looked as if he wouldn't last much longer.

Seeing how wretched his circumstances were, Jiang Long put their past grievances aside and went to the kitchen to brew medicine for him.

Watching the stove, she chatted with the servants. "I seem to remember that Your Lord was quite capable. Who could have hurt him this badly?"

The servant swallowed, trembling and afraid to look up. "M-My lady, you did."

Jiang Long: "Huh???"

"I am a gentleman of Qingdu's hills and streams, endowed by Heaven with a free and unrestrained spirit."

- Brazen, beautiful, ruthless princess x cold, scheming, sickly Chief Minister

- Alternate history, heroine's growth, evenly matched leads, happy ending

Theme: The pursuit of justice.