Hide her away · Imprisonment · Pure Hatred
Tu Xue spent her life hiding in the Night Kingdom and died an unnatural death.
Only as she lay dying did she learn that this world was actually a story, and that she was merely a disposable character. Su Xuanyue, the crown prince of the Night Dynasty whom she had once admired from afar, was the story’s male lead.
In her previous life, they had little to do with each other. They had met only a few times, and he had regarded her with indifference, never sparing her a second glance.
In this new life, she would get close to him.
In the third year of Meihan, the Empress died, and the emperor secretly sent the crown prince out of the palace. She followed. When the prince’s escort was ambushed, she saved the gravely wounded Su Xuanyue. They lived for two years in a remote village, and at last she drew from him a long silence, followed by the words, “It was my fault.”
Su Xuanyue, the emperor’s seventh son and the legitimate Empress’s child, was deeply favored by the emperor and flawless as a precious jade. He became Master Ruxin’s disciple at eleven, earning everyone’s praise. It seemed no one had ever seen him show an emotion beyond what was necessary. Proper and courteous, he was like the moon atop a high terrace.
But when she plunged a dagger into his chest, his eyes finally turned blood-red, fixed entirely on her as he confessed, “I love you.”
Golden Throne Hall, the tenth day of the first lunar month: the crown prince’s wedding.
The hall was packed with guests and decked in red. With every eye upon them, she abandoned him and tried to flee. He grabbed her. “You’d better marry me obediently, or the Golden Lock Palace will be waiting for you forever.”
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The heroine has a growth arc, a System, and a story spanning past and present lives.
