I Mistook the Sickly Emperor for a Live-In Son-in-Law

[Historical Fantasy | Political Schemes | System | Winning Over the Villain | Obsessive Love | Mutual Redemption | Angsty Romance]

I raised the future emperor as my kept man for three years.

On our wedding day, I tore up the marriage contract in front of everyone. “I raised you for this day.”

I had barely transmigrated into the heroine of an old-school tragic romance when the System forced me to take on a mission designed to get me killed:

Find Xie Jinghan, the future ruthless tyrant, make him fall hopelessly in love with me, then publicly shatter his heart.

I found a gravely injured boy with amnesia in a ruined temple.

He tugged at my sleeve and looked up at me with watery eyes. “Sister.”

I named him A Jin, taught him to read, and sent him to sit the imperial examinations. I watched him earn the top honors in all three stages for my sake.

On the day he paraded through the streets, he cast aside all the glory of the city, knelt before me, and offered me everything he owned:

“Sister, please marry me.”

I smiled and took the marriage contract as the System screamed in my mind: [Heartbreak value: 99%!]

That was enough.

At our wedding, with all the officials watching,

I tore the marriage contract to pieces and tossed the jade token he had given me into a brazier.

“The play is over. I raised you for three years, ”

“Just for today, so I could destroy you in front of everyone.”

His eyes bloodshot, he dropped to his knees in the fire and reached in barehanded for the scorching jade.

The hall fell deathly silent. The System cheered: [Mission complete! Heartbreak value: 100%!]

I turned to leave, but a hand clamped hard around my wrist.

When I turned back, my breath stopped

Every trace of brokenness had vanished from his eyes, replaced by a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips.

“Crack.”

He crushed the System in my mind with his bare hand, and blue light burst apart.

He whispered tenderly in my ear, every word sharp as a blade:

“Sister.”

“Your mission is over.”

“Now, ”

“It’s time to play my game.”