Moonlight Over Sixteen Provinces

Marriage before love | Bitter enemies | Court intrigue | Both leads are virgins

A princess of a fallen kingdom vs. a warlord of a chaotic age

Jiang Yue’s kingdom fell when she was thirteen. At eighteen, she became a spy and went to the Yan palace as a favored consort.

She lived for one thing: to destroy Yan and avenge her country.

So she gave her heart to no one and trusted no one.

The only thing she hadn’t planned for was the night she was drugged in the Yan palace. In her confusion, she grabbed a man by the sleeve and, before he could refuse, pounced on him in the dark.

The first thing she did after waking was try to kill him to keep him quiet.

Unfortunately, he escaped.

Later, after destroying Yan and taking her revenge, she became the favored concubine of Wei Yanzhou, the powerful minister who held sway over the Northern Qi court, in exchange for her freedom.

She repeatedly tried to seduce him and used every means to keep him at arm’s length.

She wanted to see whether this iron-fisted minister was truly as cold and heartless as he seemed.

She just didn’t expect her plan to go more smoothly than she’d imagined.

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Everyone said you could offend anyone, but never Wei Yanzhou.

But no one knew how he had endured humiliation and debased himself during the years he spent as a hostage in Yan.

Back then, he would secretly watch Consort Jiang, dressed in finery and surrounded by admirers.

Wei Yanzhou knew she was spoiled and ruthless, and that she was haughty and cold-hearted.

Yet while the bright moon hung high in the sky, he wanted nothing more than to drag her down with his own hands.

So that night in Yan, when he saw the woman’s hazy eyes, he didn’t refuse her.

After that night, he could never forget her.

When she appeared before him again, her bright smile concealed a hidden weapon.

Wei Yanzhou smiled.

It didn’t matter. He had all the time in the world to play this game with her.

He would see how this bright moon fell right into his arms.

Reader’s Guide:

1. Please note: both leads are powerful and both are virgins. The novel explains why the heroine was a favored consort despite being a virgin. I want Jiang Yue to have that bit of luck in my story.

2. Includes some court intrigue, so it’s not purely romance.

Theme: Staying true to oneself in times of chaos