Step by Step, He Takes Her Heart: Stay Away, Tyrant

As he left the country, he clasped her hand and said, "Xi'er, when I return, I will offer a fortune for your hand."

Who could have guessed that instead, she would see his three thousand iron-clad cavalrymen bearing down on her homeland!

Back then, she was the most honored Tenth Princess of Da'an, and he was Beixiang's hostage in Da'an.

He said, "If you beg me, I'll let you go."

She said, "As long as I draw breath, I'll kill you!"

Whomever she despised, he would take to his bed.

Whomever she cared about, he would torment.

He did it all to make her hate him, to make her suffer beyond endurance. But why was he in even greater agony than she was? And whose lips whispered her childhood name in the dead of night?

They say Princess Xihe was a beauty in crimson, with a captivating charm. Otherwise, why would the new emperor of Daxia defy his ministers' opposition and keep her imprisoned at his side, building lavish palaces to create a magnificent Deer Terrace for her?

They say Princess Xihe's beauty was irresistible, making her a legendary seductress. Otherwise, why would the Prince of Xichu be willing to turn against his own brothers for her...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.