The Lovesick, Tyrannical Emperor Can't Have Her

[Unhinged / Tragic Romance / No Harem / Devoted Couple / Past and Present Lives / Amnesia and Forced Love / Bad Ending]

(Unhinged, obsessive, and paranoid tyrant × Depressed, unlucky prince of a fallen kingdom)

In the end, Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly. Was it a blessing, or a calamity?

They clearly loved each other, and neither was at fault. Yet the same dream repeated over and over, with different endings playing out countless times. The outcome seemed like nothing but a cruel joke.

He had wanted nothing, but then he met him. They were entangled for a lifetime in the dream, while in reality, there were only lies…

“I love you!”

“Qi Mingyu, you’re insane.”

Those words condemned him to endless ruin.

After losing his memory: coercion, imprisonment, cross-dressing…

…

In the end, they both died.

In reality, Gu Qiuxuan woke up, saw Mingyu, and slapped him across the face.

~

The dream’s ending is a bad ending.

The real-world ending is open-ended.

This is not a story about righteous people, but it is not anti-social either. It’s rather oppressive, so just pretend the characters’ morals were fed to the dogs.

Whether they treat human lives like grass or slaughter innocents, there will be a reason to justify it later.

Don’t take the dream seriously. In reality… this dog emperor is just like that by nature.

Neither of them had a good childhood in the dream, so they’re both rather unhinged and have their share of psychological issues.

I’m quite fond of lemon yellow. If that’s not your thing, head left to look at stars.