[Alluring, spoiled villainess consort × cold, ruthless, unhinged emperor | Not mutually chaste, favors her exclusively from the start]
On her wedding day, Jiang Wan sets a trap, using her own blood as red silk to strike back at everyone who ever bullied her. By chance, she catches the eye of the dignified emperor.
To protect herself, exact revenge, and pursue her ambitions, she takes the initiative and seduces him.
The emperor lavishes her with endless affection, letting her do as she pleases in the imperial harem: slap consorts, talk back to the empress, and defy the empress dowager.
Pei Heng tells her only this: “A favored consort ought to be able to throw her weight around.”
Until one day, Jiang Wan packs her things and flees the palace in the dead of night.
The emperor, usually so calm and restrained, goes completely mad and lays a vast net to capture her.
With her locked atop the imperial bed, he kneels on one knee, fingertips stroking the slender gold chain around her ankle, his eyes surging with possessive obsession:
“Ah Wan, while you were away, did you ever think of me?”
Jiang Wan looks sweet and seductive, has a silver tongue, and knows how to put on an act. Deep down, she is unhinged and ambitious.
Pei Heng: “Whatever Ah Wan wants, I’ll give her. Even if she wants to pluck the stars, I’m the one closest to the sky.”
The male lead falls for her at first sight, while the female lead gradually falls for him. The romance becomes mildly coercive later on.
Is this the beginning of a single favorite????