The Captive Consort

[A brutal, obsessed, and possessive emperor ✦ a strong-willed, kind princess of a fallen kingdom] [Forced love + mad obsession + love and hate + domineering possession + both devoted only to each other + unparalleled favoritism + angst before sweetness + happy ending] “You missed. Next time, aim here.” He took her trembling hand and pressed it against his heart, smiling tenderly and madly. On the day her kingdom fell, Xiao Jin alone pulled the little princess from a sea of blood. Everyone said the new emperor was cruel, keeping the last royal treasure of the former dynasty imprisoned in a tall tower and abusing her every night. Only he knew that every time they made love, the blade hidden in her sleeve struck him right in the heart. Jiang Sui hated him to the bone. He had murdered her father and brothers and destroyed her home, yet insisted on keeping her alive, clinging to her day and night and forcing her to submit. She tried to kill him three times. The first time, the porcelain shard missed by three inches. The second time, he drank the poisoned wine with a smile. The third time, she drove a hairpin into his shoulder, and he tenderly kissed her. “Sui Sui, you’re trembling.” Xiao Jin gave her the most extravagant affection, left the six palaces empty for her, and executed ministers who dared remonstrate with him on her behalf. He even knelt before her and fastened a gold chain set with pearls around her ankle with his own hands. “Hate me if you want. In this life, you can look at no one but me.” Jiang Sui resisted his advances, yet her body knew his warmth. Every day she cursed him to die a horrible death, yet every night she lost herself beneath him…