To find the beloved he lost three years ago, Demon Lord Ming Sha led an army in a nighttime raid on Chang'an, intent on killing the current emperor, Yin Chengyu. But to his astonishment, Yin Chengyu looked exactly like his lost beloved, except for the vermilion mark between his brows.
When he learned that Yin Chengyu had killed his beloved, Ming Sha was consumed by hatred. He seized the throne and took Yin Chengyu as his consort, humiliating him before the entire realm!
He even made the emperor himself learn to sing opera like the performer Bai Yutang, just to entertain him! If Yin Chengyu sang badly, he would be punished...
Ming Sha never imagined that after he had tortured Yin Chengyu until he was barely alive, he would discover that the beloved he had thought of day and night was Yin Chengyu himself!
Ming Sha was overcome with regret and demanded of his subordinate, “Where is that damn emperor?”
The subordinate replied, “Your Majesty, didn’t you order him sent to the wastelands to serve as a wine companion?”
Ming Sha slapped himself repeatedly. “Send men to bring him back at once! If anything happens to him, I’ll have your heads as his grave offerings! No, I’ll go get him myself!”
When Ming Sha found Yin Chengyu, his eyes were unfocused, his gaze empty as it passed through the person before him. He kept singing the same line from the opera Ming Sha had forced him to learn: “I was born a delicate maiden, not a man...”
He starts by killing and breaking hearts, then faces a long road of regret and redemption. The later story is incredibly sweet. Tyrannical Demon Lord × tragic, beautiful emperor, one-on-one, both pure.