The Enchanting Calamity: The Amnesiac Beloved of a Mad Tyrant

[Historical romance] [Palace and household intrigue] [Second-chance romance] [An emperor’s exclusive devotion] [Love by force]

Three years ago, at the bloodiest point in the struggle for the throne, Crown Prince Xiao Lingye’s most treasured Crown Princess, Chu Qingyan, fell from a cliff and vanished without a trace. Three years later, after carving his way to the throne through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, he became a bloodthirsty, heartless, mercurial tyrant. His harem remained empty, with only the daughter of a disgraced official, whose features resembled hers, kept at his side to serve tea. Everyone said the tyrant was deeply devoted to his lost love.

Until the day the various kingdoms paid tribute and a neighboring state presented a peerlessly beautiful dancer. In the great hall, the dancer veiled her face in gauze. With a glance of her shimmering eyes, she was bewitchingly alluring. She bowed gracefully and said, “I remember nothing of my past. I only wish to serve His Majesty of Dayuan.” Xiao Lingye crushed the golden goblet engraved with nine dragons, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the face that haunted his dreams. As he questioned her almost frantically and lost control, the beauty only shrank away shyly, tears in her eyes. When the palace maid who served as her double tried to intervene, the tyrant kicked her aside. “She’s timid. If you frighten her again, I’ll exterminate your entire clan!”