The Passionate Prince and His Heartless Consort

It turned out she had merely returned to her previous life. In this ever-shifting court, even her father's exclusive favor could not protect her forever. The fickle human heart seemed to be the most unreliable thing of all.

So whether adrift in the jianghu, where people fought for fame and fortune, or navigating the treacherous court, she liked to keep the upper hand and turn the tables, creating leverage whenever she had none. If she had no other choice, she was willing to become the one who could summon clouds with one hand and rain with the other in the court.

In truth, she should have stayed in the cold palace, guarding the boundless glory her father had left her, and lived out her days alone.

Her mistake was falling in love. In the end, she had wronged him. They met through the zither, came to understand each other through the zither, and pledged themselves to each other through the zither, yet she could not give him a single promise...