**Calculating Younger Consort vs. Scheming, Mad Beauty Princess** 10-year age gap • HE • Slow burn • Political intrigue • Full of ruthless characters • Double virgins (The princess had a fake marriage once, irrelevant.) On the day Yan Jin first arrived in Chang’an, clad in tattered clothes, he carried only a jade pendant for kinship and a shabby bundle of spare clothes. Watching the majestic bridal procession of the untouchable princess along Vermilion Bird Street, he couldn’t help but wonder—what kind of outstanding man could ever marry her? From a bastard son who shared a room with servants to a study companion accompanying the prince into the palace, Yan Jin began his rise from this inglorious start. Gaining the favor of the Prince of Jianan, he climbed his way to the feared position of Minister of Justice. Yet the Prince of Jianan had a sworn enemy: the emperor’s most beloved, the Princess of Eternal Peace—a staunch supporter of the Crown Prince. As the prince’s sharpest blade, Yan Jin inevitably clashed with this noble princess in the shadows. But the more he dealt with her, the more he realized—the world he knew was nothing but an elaborate trap patiently woven by this venomous viper of a princess. Only after the so-called Crown Prince faction’s princess ascended the throne did the officials of Great Qi realize—the women of the Feng family could be this ruthlessly, terrifyingly mad. Eventually, Yan Jin stopped fearing Feng Hanyu—because Feng Hanyu would unconditionally indulge her. She could do anything—except leave Chang’an or leave Feng Hanyu. And Feng Hanyu had countless ways to keep her. If force failed, she used tenderness. When the ever-arrogant Feng Hanyu, for the first time, bared her scarred back to Yan Jin—how could Yan Jin still think of running away? A story of a loyal, younger wolf and a cold princess—love and hatred entangled in a web of lies, deceit, and conspiracies. Watch how the 10-year-younger Minister of Justice wins the heart of the Princess of Eternal Peace. **Note:** Historical elements are mixed. Entirely fictional. Do not scrutinize.