The Regent's Caged Bird
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Su Wan Ning was the true daughter of the Minister's family, but a Taoist said she was a disaster star. At birth, she was sent to the countryside to fend for herself.
Seventeen years later, her family suddenly brought her back - not out of love.
Her perfect elder sister, Su Wan Yue, was betrothed to Xie Jue, the Regent King. A man who wears a mask, walks with a limp, and is rumored to have killed his two former fiancees. A living Yama that even the Emperor fears. Her sister would rather die than marry him.
So Wan Ning was to die in her place.
Everyone in the capital waits for the countryside girl to be killed by the Regent.
Only he knows - she is the only light he has ever wanted to trap forever
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