The Foolish Beauty's Kept Man, a Remnant of the Former Dynasty, Starts a Rebellion

[A morally upright man in the early stages, later insecure and possessive; gloomy, damp, and brooding; with a split personality, a melodramatic past, household intrigue, revenge on scumbags, mutual firsts, slow burn, happy ending, one-on-one]

Shi Suining, the second daughter of the Shi family’s second branch, is gloomy and timid. Once again, her older sister frames her, and she’s sent to a country estate in the western suburbs.

At last, fate smiles on her.

She finds her future brother-in-law, Jiang Shu, by the roadside.

He’s gentle as jade, with a slim waist and long legs. She uses the favor he owes her to claim him as her husband, just in time to make her sister furious.

Just as Suining imagines, she gets her wish in the morning, and by afternoon, Jiang Shu’s wanted posters are plastered all over the capital.

Suining curses the unfairness of heaven!

But all she can do is hide him in a state of constant anxiety. Well, she can just think of it as... keeping a pretty little canary? There’s nothing wrong with a wicked woman raising a little bird, is there?

Later, he stages a rebellion and ascends the throne as emperor!

Suining looks at her former enemies kneeling all around her, blinks, then belatedly bursts with joy. Wow! I’ve become empress!

Everyone who bullied me or looked down on me, sell them all off!

Overnight, Jiang Shu went from being adored by everyone to scraping by in hiding, even dragging his teachers, friends, and family into his misfortune. He believed himself burdened with grave sins.

The difference between a gentleman and a hypocrite is only one word, and only one thought separates them.

But the young lady treasured him as if he were precious.

He was sick, twisted, despicable, and shameless. He was unworthy of her.

The Third Prince was kind and pure, of noble birth, and beloved by the young lady. Jiang Shu ought to help her become the exalted Third Prince’s Consort.

Even as his alternate personality raged inside his mind, Jiang Shu remained steadfast in this belief.

But later, he rebelled and became emperor. He could give the young lady everything.

So why did she still want to run away?

Then he had no choice but to kneel and beg her to come back.

If begging failed…