Yu Ting Yao
Original Title: 江山为聘
Author: Xing Yan Yan
Raw Link: Jiang Shan Wei Pin
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Synopsis:
“The Kingdom as Betrothal Gift” is an ancient romance novel written by Xing Yanyan, originally serialized under the title “Long Live My Emperor, Forever,” now renamed “The Kingdom as Betrothal Gift” for its published collection.
Meng Tinghui is the first woman in the Great Ping Dynasty’s history to achieve the highest rank in all three levels of the women’s imperial examinations and enter the Hanlin Academy. Ten years ago, he rescued her from a pile of corpses, where she was disheveled and barely coherent. Ten years later, she has become extraordinarily learned, outshining everyone, standing out brilliantly in the women’s imperial examinations, and becoming the most notable female official in the court in over twenty years.
She is politically astute, calculating, willing to use any means to climb higher, and views success as her primary life goal. Over the years, she has risen from a small sixth-rank compiler in the Hanlin Academy to a Deputy Commissioner who stands as an equal with many senior ministers. She doesn’t mind being labeled as treacherous and cunning by the court’s moral critics, acting with harsh ruthlessness and showing no mercy to others. Everyone in court fears and despises her, but no one understands how she has survived all these years, and no one knows what truly lies in her heart.
That man sits high upon the dragon throne, commanding the world with his gaze. She willingly submits herself beneath his seat, watching him secure his empire, nurture his people, establish peace, and step by step become the most powerful emperor in the Great Ping Dynasty’s history. Years ago, he saved her; now she repays him, willing to serve as a stepping stone for his imperial career without complaint or regret. Yet despite all her calculations, the one thing she never anticipated was that he also loved her.
One is a brilliant sovereign enjoying the world’s acclaim; the other is a scheming minister bearing eternal infamy. Their path to love is destined to be filled with thorns…