The Royal Heir

皇室繼承者

Alt-History / Romance ・ In Development

She wakes from an accident into a Taiwan that's almost her own — except this one is called the Kingdom of Tayana, a nation still ruled by hereditary succession. Before she understands what's happening, she's pulled into a battle over an engagement and the throne itself — a Taiwanese take on royal court intrigue. Zhi-lin, descended from mainland refugees, is a commoner and, by birth, the lowest-ranked kind of "outsider." Her grandfather, a scholar, was once the Empress Dowager's closest friend — until war turned them into enemies, and the Empress Dowager used him as a tool to slaughter mainlanders like him, turning old friendship into blood feud. Decades later, with the royal family's standing in decline, the Empress Dowager announces a marriage alliance with the Su family as a symbol of peace between mainlanders and locals — a gesture meant to bury old hatred. But Zhi-lin already loves someone else, her former partner. In the end, she has no choice but to marry Crown Prince Li Cheng-xu. On their wedding day, an unexpected incident ignites tensions that have been simmering within the royal family for years.