[Unhinged wild horse x scheming high minister]
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Jiang Jiu is a little wild wolf who escaped a heap of corpses.
When her adoptive father made his vile intentions clear as he began to undress, she fought back and killed him. Once exposed, she nearly suffered a horrific death, only to be carved up and eaten.
Just as all hope had faded, she met a princess.
They had identical faces, yet one was like a bright moon held close, while the other was like a rat in a gutter.
Jiang Jiu tried to hide the blood and grime beneath her fingernails. To her surprise, the princess merely smiled gently and pressed a snow-pear pastry into her palm.
That glimmer of light became Jiang Jiu's salvation for the rest of her life.
Twelve years later, love stood in the way. The princess was outmaneuvered by her consort, Wen Qiaoyu, and the flawless jade of Jiankang City was suddenly reduced to a lifeless thing.
The princess died in utter indignity, abused by refugees and left in disarray.
Before the coffin, Jiang Jiu carefully wiped the dust from the princess's memorial tablet. Her eyes were hollow with suppressed hatred.
To avenge the princess, she donned the princess's clothes and went alone to seek out Xie Qi.
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Xie Qi stood by and watched the factional struggle, cold-hearted and impassive.
He said Wen Qiaoyu was a prince of an enemy nation who had lain low for years, hoping to offer Jiankang as his betrothal gift so he could marry the one he loved.
He said all men were contemptible. Killing him would be too easy. If she wanted him to suffer, she should plunge a knife into his heart.
He also said he had known all along that Jiang Jiu was not the princess. The wild flame in her eyes was exactly what he wanted. A righteous gentleman could only treat the symptoms, not the cause. What he needed was a butcher's blade pointed at the Eastern Palace.
Fortunately, the gentleman Jiang Jiu pretended to be had never been entirely upright.
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What do men care about most?
First power, then true love.
Jiang Jiu used Jiankang as bait, attacking Wen Qiaoyu's heart and crushing his will until he willingly became a stand-in.
Little by little, Wen Qiaoyu went mad. He did everything he could to find out whose stand-in he really was...
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When Jiang Jiu ascended to power, carrying the princess's memorial tablet, Xie Qi bowed his head in submission.
At first, he said that when rulers lose themselves in love, the realm is beset by calamity.
Later, in the dead of night, he shed his cold demeanor and knelt halfway before Jiang Jiu, tugging at one side of her sleeve, his breath tangled. "A strategist who enters the game with their own body, Jiang Jiu, you make such shallow use of me..."
Watching his throat bob, Jiang Jiu gripped his chin and smiled. "Do you feel wronged?"
He shook his head, his voice husky. "I serve you willingly, and I love every moment of it."
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My next book will be: Huh? Now I'm the One Being Secretly Coveted?
"Pure-hearted control freak, sunny sweetheart x intensely possessive, truly lovesick yandere"
I'm done pretending. I'm writing a very, very, very sweet story full of over-the-top melodrama and bottomless hatred. Check my profile for the blurb, and consider this a heart made with my hands~
Question: Is there really a male lead who "washes his underwear with a cold face"? Where can I find him?
Answer: In JJ novels, obviously. (grits teeth)
Theme: Even a mayfly can shake a tree.
I haven't watched a strong female character for a long time, and it felt so good to watch it once~ It feels like my brain has grown again~