The Jade Phoenix in the Golden Hall

[Falsely Proper, Truly Scheming Crown Prince x Cunning, Alluring Beauty]

Crown Prince Liang Zangxu was a noble and aloof man, pure as ice and jade. Yet on the eve of choosing his consort, he unexpectedly spent a night of passion with Zhao Liangjiang, a palace maid.

If she hadn't been so beautiful, how could the Crown Prince have been bewitched for a moment?

Serving someone with beauty could never last.

Everyone speculated that once the Crown Princess entered the Eastern Palace, Zhao Liangjiang would have nowhere left to stay.

Unexpectedly, on the Crown Prince's wedding night, the Crown Princess was left alone in her chambers, while warm candlelight glowed behind the curtains in the Buddhist hall.

That self-proclaimed ascetic who abstained from wine and meat, Liang Zangxu, curled a finger around the golden-threaded sash at Zhao Liangjiang's waist, his gaze dark and brooding.

"Your Highness, aren't you afraid the Buddha will punish you for doing this here?"

"Punish me? Wouldn't that make it even more interesting?"

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Liang Zangxu had always believed that meeting Zhao Liangjiang was an accident.

Until the Winter Solstice ceremony, when the beauty who had spent her nights yielding beneath him bared her scarlet, venomous tongue.

It turned out she didn't love him. She had been making love to him only to lure him off his divine pedestal, then kill the god with her own hands.

It was no matter.

He would return, one by one, all the schemes and tricks she had used to seduce him.

Once he had her body, why not win her heart as well?

Note: This story contains many fictionalized elements. Please don't scrutinize it for historical accuracy.

Theme: Know people and put them to good use.