[Mutual salvation + unhinged, obsessive love + shared pain + past and present lives + a touch of palace intrigue]
Zhu Qianqian takes her twin sister's place and enters the palace to marry the tyrant. She keeps a low profile and behaves herself, terrified that he will discover her real identity and have her beheaded.
After entering the palace, she often feels inexplicable pain. She seeks medical help again and again to no avail, and begins to think she has an incurable illness. Then, during a flower-adorned hairpin banquet, assassins attack, and a dagger pierces the tyrant's shoulder.
As blood runs down his shoulder, Zhu Qianqian feels a sharp object pierce her flesh in that exact same spot.
Her vision goes black, and she faints from the pain.
Mu Rongchuan is violent by nature, and everyone who sees him keeps their distance. But at some point, a little shadow begins following him around.
When she sees him neglecting his health, she worries more than anyone. When his headaches strike, she suffers as though she feels his pain herself.
He grips her chin, his gaze dark. “Why?”
“Your Majesty, because I love you.” Zhu Qianqian is desperate to stay alive.
Mu Rongchuan is silent for a long while, then laughs. His deep eyes hold a chilling intensity. “In that case, I will spare your life and let you love me properly.”
I cried to death. It was so good. Why did the author run away later? Was it easy for me to find this book? I kept crying.