[Substitute romance + failed groveling pursuit + tragic fall of a kingdom + ruthless possession]
[Spoiled princess × unhinged general | At first, she has him wrapped around her finger. Later, there’s nowhere for her to run]
Everyone said Princess Xiao Yu of Yongxing had spent three years in a temple in quiet retreat, praying for the kingdom.
No one knew that day and night she drank alone before an old painting. The person in it was the white moonlight she had killed with her own hands.
On the day of the hunt, the young general Gu Zheng returned in triumph, dressed in red and riding on horseback.
His brows and eyes bore a slight resemblance to the dead man’s, and Xiao Yu’s eyes instantly reddened. She told herself: Just look at him. Just get close. Just… treat him as a shadow and make up a little for what I owe.
But the human heart is greedy.
She plotted at every turn and used every means to stay by his side.
Until the white moonlight returned from the dead, and the truth came to light.
Gu Zheng’s eyes were bloodshot. Like a cornered beast, he roared at her, “Xiao Yu! Did you ever feel even the slightest bit of sincerity toward me?”
Xiao Yu’s eyes were cold as frost. “Sincerity? Gu Zheng, you’re truly ridiculous. I only treated you as him and put on an act.”
At that moment, she watched the light in his eyes go out completely.
He laughed, a laugh so bitter it cut to the bone, a laugh that blotted out the world. “Your Highness is quite the actress! So from beginning to end, it was all a lie. Every word and gesture was false!”
At the end of the story, blood stained the palace walls and the dynasty fell.
Dressed in black, Gu Zheng stood atop a mountain of corpses and looked at her one last time. “Your Highness, I’ve had my revenge. You’ve repaid what you owed me.”
