My Childhood Sweetheart Became the Empress? He Still Insists on Stealing Her!

[Childhood sweethearts + court intrigue + both leads are sexually pure + regretful pursuit of his wife]

When she was fourteen, a palace coup plunged the empire into chaos. Xiao Yi fell from his lofty position as Crown Prince and became a fugitive. At fifteen, Shen Zhiwei risked her life to hide him at the family’s country estate in Suzhou. A bowl of hot porridge and the words “Don’t be afraid, A Yi” became his only light in those endless days of darkness.

He held her tightly. “When I return, I’ll marry you with a bridal procession stretching ten miles.”

But the Shen family used Xiao Yi’s life to threaten her. Forced to go to the capital for the selection of imperial consorts, she became the empress of Xiao Zhi, who had usurped the throne, and thus Xiao Yi’s sister-in-law.

After three years in hiding, Xiao Yi led his army to storm the imperial city. As he pointed his sword at Xiao Zhi, she rushed forward to shield the man. “Don’t hurt him!”

In that moment, the light in Xiao Yi’s eyes went out for good.

After many twists and turns, just as the two began to grow close again, worldly conventions and hatred tore them apart once more...

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