Bait in the Eastern Palace

[Greedy, Power-Hungry Double-Faced Noblewoman vs. Pretend-Composed, Secretly Smitten Crown Prince] [Political Scheming and Household Battles] [The Whole Family Gets Their Comeuppance] [Angsty and Satisfying Face-Slapping]

Although Wen Xu was a princess, she was sent to the palace as a political hostage for three years.

Her mother doted on her cousin, and her father was deaf and blind to the truth.

When the entire Wen family went off to war, she was left behind as a discarded pawn.

After three years in the inner palace, if she had not attached herself to the crown prince, how could she have survived?

When she finally left the palace, her cousin had taken her place in the Wen family.

Her mother even tried to force her to give her title and betrothal to her cousin.

Did they really think that after three years of torment as a hostage, she would still be weak and easy to bully?

She would not give up a single thing that belonged to her!

She would reclaim the Wen family, and she would fight for power, too.

For that, she was even willing to marry Lu Ye, commander of the capital garrison.

But the crown prince, who had agreed to use each other, why was he now insisting on marrying only her?

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Rumor had it that Crown Prince Shen Yunzhi was proper and composed, aloof and noble.

But when Wen Xu approached the Eastern Palace with ulterior motives, its tightly shut gates slowly opened for her.

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Shen Yunzhi: I can give you all the power you want. Why go out of your way to find someone else?

Wen Xu: But Your Highness, you came along later.