A secret rendezvous with the Crown Prince at the ancient mausoleum had brought the wraith of the Duke on both of us. How could we come away unscathed? Just a month before the wedding between Princess Liji and Duke Godsend of Jin, Liji had committed a great act of betrayal in the Duke's eyes by meeting Crown Prince Nine-Lives secretly behind his back. Worse of it all was that the location of their rendezvous ended up in flames and the corpses of the Great Jin Founder and his descendants were discovered to be mutilated. All evidence pointed to a treacherous scheme to scandalize Liji and Nine-Lives. Despite knowing that everything had been a trap, Liji did not know who the culprits were, let alone protect herself against her hidden assailants. But Liji is not going to take this lying down. With the help of her newfound barbarian friends, she would use her incredible wit and boundless courage to overcome all obstacles until she gets what she wants, that is to marry into power! Read the book to take this amazing and dangerous journey with me in the beautiful landscape of Northwestern China, where the beginning of the Great Wall of China was starting to form. Dear readers, this is an alternative historical romance with dramatizations of actual historical events about the legendary Princess Liji from Lirong. She was named one of the four most vicious beauties in ancient Chinese history. All the main characters in the story were real. Note that this is Book 4 of The Duke & I series. The whole series will span nearly twenty years of Liji's life.
