Married First, No Love? The Villain Falls for Him and Turns Their Relationship into Forced Love

Both leads are reborn + marriage first, love later + mutual redemption + devoted and powerful leads + scheming traitors rebel and seize power + political intrigue

(A true marriage-first, love-later romance, with a fake forced-love setup)

A ruthless, unhinged Prince of Zhending vs. a clear-headed, cool beauty, the orphaned daughter of a military family

A vicious battle born of conspiracy leaves Shen Zhuqing’s family destroyed. Her parents die on the battlefield, her brother’s body is never found, and the Shen family is branded with infamy.

Her uncle takes her in, leaving her dependent on others. While searching for the truth, she becomes engaged, only to discover that her fiancé is secretly involved with her cousin. When their crimes come to light, she is hunted down and dies alongside the scoundrel.

After her death, her cousin is ordered by the Emperor to marry into Jiangning, but dies in terror just three days after the wedding.

Someone she never knew avenged her? How satisfying!

Reborn, Shen Zhuqing wipes away the shame of the past. The scoundrel and his lover are thrown into prison, but she overlooks one thing...

Her cousin is still behind bars, and in this life, the one ordered to marry Quan Yuheng is none other than Shen Zhuqing!

What goes around comes around. This is just perfect!

On their wedding night, a blade is held to her throat and blood splashes across her face. Shen Zhuqing is terrified, so she does what she must to survive!

It was meant to be a marriage of convenience: they would work together and part ways once their goal was achieved. But the unhinged villain works his way into her heart, and she falls completely.

They start out living in separate rooms, but Quan Yuheng increasingly keeps her pinned beneath him. Shen Zhuqing realizes their marriage of convenience has a problem!

Quan Yuheng: “I’m a traitor to the throne. You’re already aboard this pirate ship. Do you really think you can escape?”

Note: The two were connected in a past life, giving their story a sense of destiny. The heroine knows martial arts and is focused on her ambitions; at first, she plays the pig to eat the tiger. The hero truly is a traitor who rises to power: an unhinged villain with a sharp tongue.