The young marquis of the Marquis of Zhongwu's household was a notorious playboy across Andu, a handsome gentleman adored by the dancers at Red Sleeve House, the mysterious strategist Master Qinghong among the Sixth Prince's advisers, and a beautiful woman who had worn men's clothes for eighteen years.
Well, beautiful, yes, but perhaps not quite so delicate.
Watching his own consort swing a long saber with the force of thunder and wind, the Sixth Prince rubbed his forehead in frustration. How had things ended up like this?
How had his closest friend, his trusted adviser, become his consort?
With a father who favored his stepmother and half-brothers and spent years stationed on the frontier, everyone assumed the young marquis, Luo Ling, would have to go to great lengths to claim the title.
But she was after far more than the mere title of Marquis of Zhen'an. She wanted the throne, and the achievement of helping a new emperor ascend.
The Sixth Prince, gentle as jade on the surface and ambitious beneath, was the master she had chosen to serve.
But things took an unexpected turn when her younger sister, who had been acting strangely ever since falling into the water, exposed the secret she had meant to take to her grave: that she was a woman.
Forced to choose between the crime of deceiving the emperor and marrying into the royal family, she naturally chose to save her own life. The one small stroke of luck was that the man she had to marry was the Sixth Prince.
Going from trusted adviser to mistress of the household didn't seem so bad after all.
Theme: Create your own new hope.
