[Transmigration, self-preservation, sweet romance, devoted couple, fantasy]
After transmigrating into a book, Ling Xiaoxiao discovers that she has become a wicked princess, and from the start, she has already drunk a deadly poison.
For years, she tormented the male lead, Ling Xun, and indirectly caused the death of his adoptive mother. Now, for the sake of profit, she has to marry him!
On their wedding night, the royal family is slaughtered. Blood flows through the palace, and corpses litter the ground.
And Ling Xun, her new husband, is going to tie her to a pillar and torture her to death!
Ling Xiaoxiao tries her best to look remorseful, hoping to convince Ling Xun to spare her life.
Early on, Ling Xun looks at her hypocritical face and curls his lips into a cruel smile. “Go on, keep pretending. Beheading, lingchi, flaying, being torn apart by chariots... Which one do you prefer?”
Midway through, Ling Xun raises an eyebrow, thinking smugly, So this is what it feels like to make your enemy fall in love with you. Suddenly, I’m interested in getting revenge by making someone fall for me.
Later on, Ling Xun lies in Ling Xiaoxiao’s arms and pouts. “You promised you loved me!”
Ling Xun wears a human-skin mask in public. Hidden beneath his utterly ordinary mask is a face of incomparable beauty.
One time, he saves Ling Xiaoxiao but doesn’t want to reveal who he is, so he shows her his true face and invents a new identity.
Ling Xiaoxiao pretends to be clueless as she looks at the handsome man before her and asks, “What is your name, esteemed master, and where do you come from?”
Ling Xun points to the magical hairpin he gave her and bluffs, “I’m the spirit of the hairpin. I came from there.”
Ling Xiaoxiao marvels at how perfectly he’s made up that excuse!
Then she hooks a finger under Ling Xun’s chin and teases him. “Well then... my dear hairpin spirit, why don’t you call me ‘Master’?”
It's beautiful, although I feel a little frustrated watching it.