The Mad Emperor Seized Me for His Palace

She died in the Cold Palace.

She never expected to be reborn.

Reborn before she entered the palace, when she was still the apple of her parents' eyes.

And before she met that man.

Fortunately, there was still time.

She avoided every possibility of running into him and finally made it safely to her wedding day.

But on her wedding day, she was forcibly taken into the palace and became that man's empress.

The emperor steps toward her, his phoenix eyes reddened, looking almost aggrieved.

“Zhizhi, why did you abandon me?”

“Zhizhi, stay. You can't escape me anyway.”

“Be my lawful wife, or else...”

A strange smile spreads across his exceptionally handsome face.

“I don't mind turning your childhood sweetheart into a human swine.”

Zhizhi remembers all the foolish things she did in her previous life to win this man's heart, and how they ultimately brought about the destruction of her family. She wants nothing more than to stay far away from him.

As far away as the ends of the earth, never to meet again.

Later, Xiao Zigui fastens a chain of solid gold around her ankle and strokes Zhizhi as she trembles with fear.

In an almost reverent voice, he says:

“Zhizhi, is this the only way to make you stay by my side forever?”

Zhizhi does her best to suppress her fear of him. She forces a smile, perfectly embodying what it means to smile through the pain.

“Your Majesty, I won't run away again. I promise.”

“Little liar. How many times have you lied to me? I won't believe you again.”

He gazes at her with obsession, but the words he speaks are utterly despairing.