[Forceful possession + a terrible man with a genuine heart + the second male lead takes the lead + groveling pursuit + not a first-love-only romance]
At ten years old, Shen Qingli fell into the water and transmigrated to ancient times. All alone, she enjoyed three years of being cherished.
Then, on her birthday, the entire Shen family was slaughtered.
As the fire consumed everything, she saw the infamous ruthless Regent, her cousin Qi Jinghan.
The man in a black robe embroidered with pythons reached out to her. In the flickering firelight, his handsome face looked cold and sinister.
“Come with me, or fend for yourself. You choose.”
Shen Qingli, collapsed in the flames, shakily placed her hand in his scorching palm.
“I’ll go with you.”
Shen Qingli moved into the Qi residence, thinking she had survived the worst.
She never imagined she had walked straight into a den of wolves.
She had once stumbled upon his amorous affairs, seen him slaughter her entire family with her own eyes, and nearly lost her life after angering him.
So she fled in panic, only to be captured by traffickers and locked in a cage. As the powerful and wealthy competed to claim her, Qi Jinghan sat among the crowd, watching with cold indifference.
Helpless, she clutched his lapel. “Cousin, save me.”
Qi Jinghan curled his lip into a cold smile and gripped her chin, his eyes full of mockery.
“Cousin, are you going to run away again?”
She closed her eyes and wept, tears falling like pear blossoms in the rain.
“I’ll never dare again.”
On the day Shen Qingli came of age, the emperor asked for her hand in marriage.
She became an imperial consort, finally escaping Qi Jinghan’s control.
But less than six months into her marriage, Qi Jinghan staged a coup, kidnapped her, and took her back to his bedchamber.
“Cousin, please let me go.”
The beauty wept like pear blossoms in the rain, unaware that she was only making herself more irresistible.
Qi Jinghan kissed away her tears, unusually gentle.
“A-Li, from now on, call me husband.”
This is the first time I've seen an author write a male lead who's incredibly filthy and wicked. It seems he has a rather special relationship with the female supporting character. It's a novel told from her perspective, and it's also a tragic story 😅. It's the kind of romance novel with elements of redemption and angst. The regent, who dotes on his wife, brings back a cousin.
The updates are so slow 😢
It's very well written, making you want to keep reading. The female lead is vividly portrayed without excessive embellishment or unnecessary dialogue. Keep up the good work, author!
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
The author updates frequently; the book is good and I enjoy reading it.
It's really good! I just wonder if the ending is with Han Li or Yun Li? 😢
It's great! And it's my favorite kind: a bad boy protagonist and a sweet, gentle girl who grows up to be a heroine. The writing is also very good.