He Forgot He Once Promised Her the Empress’s Seat

[Amnesiac, unhinged emperor × initially naive and adorably clueless, later clearheaded and commanding female general | The hero grovels to win her back | The emperor steals his subject’s wife | A battlefield of rival suitors]

[Reader’s note: The early chapters lay the groundwork for their romance. Later, the hero goes mad and steals his wife back. Expect plenty of sweetness and angst! A slow-burn story, so please be patient!]

When she was seven, a high fever damaged her mind.

He took her in, raised her with his own hands, and protected her for ten whole years.

When she was eighteen, her mind recovered, and the two promised to spend their lives together.

But during one imperial campaign, he was afflicted by a love curse and stranded in the southern frontier.

She donned her armor and traveled a thousand miles to bring him home, only to discover that he had already promised the throne’s position of empress to someone else.

After three years apart, he finally broke the curse, abandoned his vast empire, and went to the northern frontier himself to find her.

There, he came upon her laughing happily with a family of three.

Watching her act so tender and intimate with another man, he was consumed with jealousy.

The lofty emperor’s eyes turned bloodshot as he tore away every last shred of dignity and restraint.

“A Ning, you can only be my empress!”