After the Empress Killed Her Husband, They Were Both Reborn

[Palace intrigue + household power struggles + both leads reborn + coercive love + obsessive, unhinged tyrant vs. rational, unhinged empress + both leads devoted to each other]

After killing her husband, the empress is reborn alongside the obsessive, unhinged tyrant.

In her previous life, Su Chaoxi was abducted by force by Jiang Chengyao in the brightest years of her life. In a single night, she lost her position as Crown Princess and became estranged from everyone around her.

Her heart despaired amid all that splendor. For the rest of her life, power became her sole obsession. She treated Jiang Chengyao as a blade, a path, and a pawn, lying low for ten years before killing her husband and seizing the throne. She had only just settled into her position as Empress Dowager when Jiang Chengyao was reborn before her.

In this life, Jiang Chengyao returns consumed by hatred, acting with ruthless obsession. He uses Su's entire family to force her to love him, and wants to use their power to ascend the throne, only to discard them once he has what he wants.

Su Chaoxi curls her lips into a cold smile.

He died by her hand in his last life, yet now that he's alive again, he dares to provoke her?

Then she'll seduce him, lead him on, kill him, and seize his throne. Until the very end, who can say which of them will come out on top?

Years later, Jiang Chengyao pins her to the bed and asks in a hoarse voice, “Xi'er, are you willing to love me now?”

Su Chaoxi sneers. “Love begins with looks, rests on character, and lasts through shared interests. Between us, there's only the powerful abusing the powerless. Where's the affection? Where's the love?”

Madness surges in Jiang Chengyao's eyes, his obsession etched to the bone. “Xi'er, how about spending the rest of our lives with you abusing your power over me?”

Reader note: No pocket dimension, no System, both leads reborn, not a wish-fulfillment story.