Miyano Mika

In the great nation of Sai, which reigns over the continent, there was a peerless beauty. Her name was Li Honglan. "I'll cut off that man's head." She was feared both at home and abroad as a ruthless empress. However, at the urging of a senior vassal, she has decided to take a husband. His partner is Wang Longyuan, the fifth prince of the vassal state of Shu. "Let me tell you, there aren't many men who could become my husband." "I'll never bow down to you of my own free will." What seemed like a beautiful and well-matched wedding, but their back-and-forth exchanges have already created a turbulent atmosphere. What is Longyuan's secret? What is hidden in the harem? What will become of Honglan's fate? (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

Li Leilin (Li Linglin) is the 17th princess of Sai (Zhai), the continent's strongest empire. Nicknamed the "Poison Princess," by those around her, she is an eccentric princess who possesses an unbending love for creepy insects and the Gu (poison) they create. One day, Linglin is instructed by Sai Ran (Cai Lan), the empress as well as her beloved sister, to marry the Kai (Kui) country's king, You Kouga (Yang Huangya). However, the prospects of the marriage were grim. Though the citizens of Kui were delighted to welcome in a beautiful bride from a country larger than their own, upon discovery that Linglin was a poison fanatic who much preferred creating Gu to beautiful clothes and sparkling gems, every citizen recoiled in disgust. As rumors of assassination attempts on their king flourished, suspicions of poisoning were thrown onto Linglin, whose position grew increasingly more perilous... This is the adventure of the strongest poison princess who carves her own fate.