The Bandit Queen's Captive Scholar

Kidnapped on his first day in a new world, young master Xie Yu faces an impossible choice: become the captive husband of a ruthless bandit queen or lose his head. Armed with nothing but his wits and shameless cunning, he talks his way into survival—only to discover his captor is a breathtaking beauty with secrets of her own. What begins as desperate self-preservation spirals into an unlikely romance as Xie Yu schemes his way from hostage to power behind the throne of the mountain fortress.