After Marrying a Lonely Official, My Dynasty Is on the Brink

A cool-headed, clever heroine with a dry sense of humor who stays calm in any situation x a seemingly sunny but genuinely sensitive hero who gets flustered at the slightest thing

[The leads never have a cold phase in their relationship. At first, he keeps finding excuses to get close and be affectionate. In the middle, he tries desperately to win her over. Later, he spirals into dark, obsessive scheming to get her attention.]

Yan Suowei, a former dynasty's princess, was ordered by the current emperor to marry Qi Xuan, a close aide to the Son of Heaven.

Rumor had it that the man who had barely survived a childhood spent fleeing the ravages of war was vicious and cruel, as if possessed by an evil spirit.

Yan Suowei was devoted to her fallen homeland and wanted justice for her family. She had long prepared to fight him tooth and nail, but who could have guessed...

Are you telling me that this sunny young man, who has no regard for the emperor and looks like trouble, is the Vermilion Bird Guard of the Great Liang dynasty, the one with influence everywhere and who obeys the emperor's every command?

Yan Suowei was utterly exasperated, but she wasn't about to let that stop her. She would deal with whatever came, as always. It just meant she had to change her approach.

As time went by, she often felt a gaze on her back, almost tangible, growing more and more clinging as she moved.

-

It seemed his fate to be a lone star of calamity.

When the city fell, he was six. He survived by any means he could, returning to the capital covered in wounds. A year later, an old friend of his father's appeared in imperial yellow robes and took the throne as the new emperor.

Beneath the new emperor's concerned expression lay a cold hunger for power. Qi Xuan kowtowed and became the emperor's merciless blade.

An imperial marriage decree brought someone into his life who was connected to him.

He couldn't stop himself from drawing closer, trying to win more of Yan Suowei's attention.

She was like a spotless mirror. The closer Qi Xuan got, the more clearly he saw the filth on himself. The cheerful mask he wore was a clumsy imitation of the loved ones he had lost, and all his disguises quickly crumbled.

Yan Suowei deliberately lured him into her trap, never imagining that no matter what the truth was, he would be willing to charge into battle for her.

-

Yan Suowei had a top-scoring scholar as one of her retainers. Every time she spoke with him, she felt as though someone were watching.

She turned around in confusion to find Qi Xuan already wild with madness, his mask torn away, the fangs of a rabid dog bared as he snarled at...

Thin air.

Unable to eat or sleep, he gritted his teeth and swallowed his hurt, until at last he said:

"I know you guard against me and have no place for me in your heart. I know you look down on a wretch like me. He's been by your side for years, he's upright and honorable, he's a true gentleman! But you can never abandon me and marry him!"

Note:

The political intrigue has its ups and downs, but the romance steadily grows warmer.

Theme: Supporting each other and growing together