The Legitimate Daughter Returns: After Exile, the Scheming Prince Dotes on Her

Chu Qingyao thought the man she loved, so pure and noble, would truly secure an imperial edict granting them a marriage. Instead, she watched her family fall apart overnight, nearly wiped out. Her father was stripped of his post and exiled. Her younger brother was sent to labor in a mine. Even her late mother was stripped of her noble title. As for Chu Qingyao, she was sent to the bitterly cold frontier of Libei to marry the violent, cruel prince who had been cast aside. She had hidden her abilities for over a decade. Now was the time to act. In just two days, she could save her father and reopen the investigation. She would bide her time, return to the capital, and settle every last score. But wasn’t the cast-off prince of Libei supposed to be cold and reclusive? Then who was this man lounging with his legs crossed, listening to music? Wasn’t the prince supposed to be sinister and terrifying? Then who was this man making a child cry with a candied hawthorn skewer? Late at night, with dew heavy in the air, Chu Qingyao wept bitterly. “Get out! You’re nothing but a big liar!” Jun Linwang pinched her little cheek and drawled, “There, there. Your husband admits he’s a liar. Isn’t that why I’m making it up to you?” A seemingly down-and-out, proud, unruly playboy prince versus a truly fallen, pampered, aloof noblewoman from the capital