Nine years ago, they first met.
She was a powerful, ruthless regent. He was a helpless orphaned child, hunted by assassins.
Nine years later, they met again.
He was a dazzling young chancellor of noble bearing. She was the illegitimate daughter of the Feng family, reborn and ready to make her move.
Back in the imperial capital, the tides of fortune shifted. Schemes intertwined and power struggles raged. When a proud, aloof man meets a cold, carefree woman, when cunning meets craftiness and treachery meets ruthlessness, who will outmaneuver whom?
In this battle of wits and struggle for power, who will have the last laugh? Who will calmly command the world amid turbulent times, and who will pull the strings behind life and death?
When two evenly matched rivals face off, it’s the onlookers with ulterior motives who suffer. They’ll trick you, scheme against you, and make a fool of you without a second thought!
Bonus Scene One
“Men and women should keep their distance,” the woman said coldly, looking at the man reclining on the bed.
He curled his lips into a smile. “Those four words don’t really apply to us, do they?”
“I think they’re perfectly apt.”
He gave her an amused smile. “You’ve seen me, touched me, and slept with me. Are you really going to deny it now that you’re awake?”
She paused at the rather suggestive scene on the bed. Well, she had seen him, but not everything. She’d touched him, but only on the chest. As for sleeping with him... she refused to admit it.
That counts as sleeping together? Have you no common sense?
Resting his chin on his hand, he gazed at her meaningfully. “If you’d like to sleep with me properly, that can be arranged.” As he spoke, he slipped off his already-open robe and reclined gracefully on the bed, his stunning eyes smiling at her.
At the sight of him lying there as if inviting her to take him, her face darkened completely!
Bonus Scene Two
“You used my money to visit another man?” Yan Luo narrowed his eyes.
Feng Qingchi tilted her head. “Fine. Next time I won’t use your money!” Yan Luo was great in every way except that he was too stingy!
“You think there’ll be a next time?” His gaze turned dangerous.
“Well... how about I visit you instead?” she teased, her eyes twinkling.
He smiled, and all the world seemed to lose its color. “Visit me? Certainly. The price is your whole life.”
“Your whole life? Fine. I’ll even let you be the primary husband.” Feng Qingchi smiled playfully.
He gritted his teeth. The primary husband? Did that mean there would be a secondary one?
Male lead: Proud and aloof, brilliant and clever... lazy and easygoing. Female lead: Cold, bewitching, and frivolous; carefree, treacherous, and sly.
Both leads are virgins. Strong male and female leads, lots of beautiful people. Come join the fun!