The Mad Regent Spoils His Poor Little Darling

[Classic historical-romance tropes + coercive love + control over body and mind + powerful male lead + everyone’s favorite] Everyone knew that Xiao Wuwang, Regent of the Great Yuan Dynasty, commanded a mighty army and was cold and ruthless. He stood above everyone and never bowed his head to anyone. Shen Jiaojiao, the youngest legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhenguo’s household, had snow-white skin and flowerlike beauty. Sweet and delicate, she inspired everyone’s pity and was the cherished jewel of both the capital and her family. Then, in a sudden turn of fortune, the Marquis’s household was accused of a crime, and the whole family was thrown into prison. Desperate to save them, Jiaojiao knelt before the Regent, her eyes red and her body trembling. He was as tall and imposing as a demon from the underworld. Xiao Wuwang looked down at her and pinched her delicate chin. His eyes were full of obsession and possessiveness. “I can save them, but you’ll have to trade yourself for them.” From then on, he built her a gilded cage and clipped every one of her wings. She ran; he caught her. She cried; he kissed her. A man in power would never lower himself to apologize, but he would use the most domineering means to lay every good thing in the world at her feet. When the Marquis’s household was cleared of its charges and her father and brothers returned, eager to take their precious girl home, they found the cold-blooded butcher of a regent holding her in his arms, eyes red as he refused to let go.