I Accidentally Flirted with the Mad Imperial Uncle, and This Coward Is Doted on Night After Night

Reborn as the expendable true heiress in a tragic romance, forced to marry in someone else's place to bring him good fortune, Shen Zhiruan decides to flee in the middle of the night. Along the way, she saves a blood-soaked "sickly, blind cousin" from a carriage and hires him as her bodyguard.

Little does she know that the pitiful man she gently coaxes into taking medicine and cuddles every night to warm his hands is none other than Xiao Wang, the power-hungry, bloodthirsty, and ruthless Prince-Regent Uncle, who holds the court in his grasp!

By day, he sits high in the grand hall, rolling his Buddhist prayer beads as he decides who lives and dies, a cold-faced King of Hell who leaves Shen Zhiruan trembling on the floor;

By night, he drops his disguise and becomes an obsessive, devoted puppy, using his "blindness and frailty" as an excuse to trap her in the corner of the bed.

"Ruanruan... don't tremble. Help your cousin unfasten one more button, and the poison won't hurt as much."

For the Nth time, Shen Zhiruan packs her things and tries to escape with her foolish maid, only for the secret guards to escort her all the way to the Prince-Regent's bedchamber with gongs and fanfare.

Behind the dark curtains of the imperial bed, the man leisurely removes the prayer beads from his wrist. His burning fingertips caress her reddened ankle as he murmurs in a hoarse, dangerous voice, "You stole my heart and still want to run? Be good and come over here so your imperial uncle can lull you to sleep."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.