There is also 'The Tyrant King and His Sly Consort'. This novel shares the aspect of a king who may not be entirely good and a consort who has her own ways of dealing with the court politics and the king. It's full of twists and turns as the relationship between the two develops in the face of various challenges in the kingdom.
One similar novel could be 'The Ruthless King and His Cunning Queen'. It also features a complex relationship between a powerful king and his consort with lots of political intrigue and power plays.
Maybe 'The Dark Lord and His Wily Bride' is another one. It has a similar theme of a somewhat 'evil' or at least very shrewd male lead and a clever female lead as in 'the evil king wicked consort novel'. There are battles for power within the kingdom and a lot of emotional turmoil between the main characters.
Chapter 928, "Only Earned a Few Billion", is the clearest early answer because it turns Few Billion Zhao's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with Zhao Lang has been away for a month.
A practical answer is Chapter 1, because it turns the idea into a concrete scene. The chapter opens with Jiang Li, I'm warning you, don't set your sights on Yinwan anymore, or..., adds pressure through Coming to his senses, he also switched to a kindly smile, "Alright, girl,..., and ends on Yet.
Chapter 600, "You merchants aren't even fit to carry my shoes!", is the clearest early answer because it turns Si Yue's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter gives readers a real answer by opening on Shen Ruobing was not deaf to the ironic tone in Jin Siyue's comments,...
Chapter 5 is the strongest chapter-level answer because it starts from Actually, when Manager Fang saw Jiang Li, he was somewhat surprised. and follows through on Recently, he did suspect that his wife was cheating on him, but due to the.... The payoff is that the chapter closes with "Fuck!
Chapter 499, "Jiang, the Malicious Merchant is Online Again", is the clearest early answer because it turns Shang Shuyue's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with Jiang Cheng: "...." "And another thing," Jiang Yan stroked his chin...
Chapter 591, "Is There a Way to Get to the Bottom of the Lake?", is the clearest early answer because it turns Feng Shui's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from But my focus isn't that," Jiang Li's tone shifted, "What exactly is...
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Chapter 563, "Quite the Confidence", is the clearest early answer because it turns Quite's situation into a concrete plot event.
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