A confident, ambitious heroine x a nobleman who falls in love at first sight without realizing it
Blurb:
The Crown Prince died, and the court was transformed overnight.
The fallen noblewoman Wei Bijun fled south with her young sister to escape the disaster. At first, all she wanted was to find a safe place to live.
But in a time of chaos, safety was a luxury. The flames of war reached her doorstep, leaving nowhere to hide.
This time, she chose not to run.
She fought powerful clans for profit and wiped out bands of roving mountain bandits, gradually establishing her footing in the troubled times.
On the day of the alliance, Wei Bijun sat at the end of the table as one of its honored contributors. She watched as a eunuch carried the three-year-old emperor past. As she prostrated herself in greeting, a sudden thought struck her so forcefully that she trembled all over:
Why couldn’t she take that seat herself?
The male lead’s perspective:
Before Yan Zheng met Wei Bijun, he had never known a woman could have so many different sides.
Even with a cold expression, she could spare someone’s life. With a smile and a few pleasant words, she could break an impasse between life and death.
By the time Yan Zheng came to his senses, her image had already been branded deep in his heart, impossible to erase.
Only when he saw the young noblemen gathered around her did he realize that the possessiveness that had taken root in him at some unknown point had grown wildly like vines, tightening until he could hardly breathe.
Wei Bijun, however, noticed none of this.
Wei Bijun’s perspective:
In just three short years, Yan Zheng, the eldest son of the Yan clan, had changed from the quintessential nobleman she first met into the cold-faced killer people spoke of.
Everyone said he was ruthless and cunning, but only Wei Bijun knew what clumsy yet sincere affection lay beneath that hard mask.
Content warnings:
1. The setting is loosely based on the final years of the Han dynasty, but is not entirely accurate; the author has added original elements.
2. The heroine is ambitious and grows throughout the story.
Premise: Love your work, love your life.
