A Wicked Lady’s Guide to Accidentally Saving the Kingdom

Lady Lettie just wants to keep her subjects under her self-proclaimed “wicked” reign. Every day, she goes out to do the most evil biddings imaginable in her little countryside domain. What does she care if her exorbitant spending benefits the local economy, or if her special power to sound out others’ weaknesses helps them grow as people? Then one day, a surprise comes knocking when her new subject shares a grand revelation: He’s actually the kingdom’s deposed prince, and he needs her help to retake the throne. Knowing she couldn’t live out her idyllic life of tyranny if the kingdom were to fall, she agrees—but only because he’d be helpless without her, of course! She’ll do whatever it takes. She’ll say whatever needs to be said. To win back her peace, she’ll even go against her very nature and aid the wretched citizenry. And if this sweet-talking prince doesn’t stop prattling about her virtuous heart, she’ll show him just how wicked of a lady she can be too!

(Source: J-Novel Club)