[A beautiful, domineering consort who forces love on a mad emperor who enjoys every minute of it]
[A love steeped in bitterness | Fated cycles | Sweet and angsty | Both leads are each other's one and only | System] [At first, the heroine pursues the hero; later, he forcibly claims her]
Jiang Wantang transmigrates into the body of the beautiful but foolish Consort Jiang, only to find herself facing the worst possible start.
“Perhaps I should carve the flesh from her and drink her blood.”
“Her beautiful skin would make a lovely human-skin mask. What do you think, my beloved consort?”
“...That would be a serious crime.”
To make matters worse, the System turns her mute, and the tyrant demands that she beg for mercy.
“If your plea is boring, I’ll execute your entire clan.”
The System orders her to pull off an absurd, coercive romance with the tyrant. If she doesn’t win him over, she’ll become ugly. So she pursues him, forces her love on him, and teases him.
She thinks the tyrant is cold and ruthless, until she has driven him to the brink.
His eyes turn red at the corners, tears spilling from them as he looks heartbreakingly pitiful.
“Wanwan, please. Kiss me.”
“Just one kiss. Just one, okay?”
Pei Zhixu is a violent, obsessive madman. He uses every means at his disposal on her, bullying and deceiving her, and offers her gold, silver, riches, status, and power with both hands. But she wants none of it. All she wants is to go home.
Pei Zhixu knows she doesn’t love him, that she’s only pretending and putting on an act.
He resents her for never loving him.
He resents her for leaving without a second thought.
Why did she lead him into the light, only to leave him alone in the dark?
He hates her, but he loves her just as much.
“Wanwan, don’t leave me. Otherwise, I’ll use cruel means to lock you in a cage that belongs to me alone, even if you fear me, dread me, and despise me.”
It's worth digging into, the writing is exquisite