I Won the Betrothal of a Kingdom: The Tyrant Dotes on Me, and I Live the Easy Life

Tyrant + fallen noblewoman + one-on-one romance + overwhelmingly sweet + What do I do when the tyrant loves me too much?

I offer you my empire as a bride price. You alone are the court I will never abandon in this life.

I, Wen Chuji, was once a noble daughter of a military family, renowned throughout the capital. Then, in a single night, I fell from grace and became the lowliest palace maid in the imperial harem.

He is Lu Zhaoyan, a tyrant notorious for murdering his brother and seizing the throne. Gloomy and obsessive, he holds the power of life and death in his hands.

On a snowy night, wearing another woman’s face, I was pulled from a mountain of corpses and blood by him.

He gripped my chin, his eyes as cruel as a demon’s. “From this day on, your life belongs to me.”

Later

To clear my father’s name, he purged the court and spilled blood at every turn.

Because I said I disliked it, he dismissed the women of the harem and left the empress’s place empty.

The officials knelt and pleaded: “Your Majesty, having no heir is a grave danger to the nation!”

He sneered in open court and hurled his sword to the ground. “If I can win this empire, I can give it to whomever I please. Anyone who dares to bring up selecting a consort again will meet the same fate as this sword!”

Later still

He took my hand and led me, step by step, across the bloodstained palace steps and along the imperial road paved with bones.

In phoenix coronet and red wedding robes, at the ceremony to honor Heaven and our ancestors, he made me a promise before the whole world: “Aji, I offer you my empire as a bride price and take you as my empress. From now on, wherever I am is your home.”

And finally

The crown prince proved worthy, and the empire was secure.

He tossed aside the Imperial Jade Seal, took my hand, and slipped out of the palace, running faster than he had when he seized the throne.

“Come on, Aji. I promised you mountains, rivers, the sun, and the moon. Now I’m going to make good on it.”