Kiln Fire, Phoenix Reborn: The Six-Fingered Madwoman Charms the Ailing Heir

[Strong female lead + revenge + scheming + sweet romance + mutual devotion] Su Ci, a convict slave with six fingers on her left hand, is locked in an abandoned kiln to mend a Nine-Dragon Cup with her blood. But deep inside a broken shard, she finds a hidden Ding kiln mark from the previous dynasty, instantly unearthing a major case of Prince Ning's treason. She hopes to clear her father's name with her secret porcelain-making techniques, but the ailing heir, Xiao Zhi, claims her as his "exclusive blade." This cough-blooding invalid is actually the secret master of the soldiers and informants of the Shadowless Pavilion. When a blade born under an ill-starred fate clashes with a beast of political intrigue, bound fingers become her brush and blood and fire her glaze. A green qilin vessel is reborn, and flames roar through the Book-Burning Pavilion; a broken cup becomes a command, and the officials fall silent. She stitches a fractured world together with her maimed fingers, while he shields her sharp edge with his ailing body. They imprison and rescue each other in turn, caught in an intense push and pull, fighting their way from the secret battles of the prince's residence to the very roof of the Golden Throne Hall, and writing "useless" and "sickly beauty" into the new history of the realm.