Everyone in the capital knew that Regent Xiao Heng was cold and ruthless, merciless in his slaughter, yet he had fallen for Shen Ruotang, the Shen family’s only daughter.
Seventeen-year-old Shen Ruotang had gentle features, but beneath them lay an unyielding spirit. She had a verbal engagement to marry Pei Yan, her warm and refined childhood sweetheart, and her life had been peaceful and happy. Then one palace banquet turned it all upside down.
Xiao Heng set his sights on her at first glance. He wielded his power like a blade, closing in on her step by step. Using the entire Shen family as leverage, he forcibly imprisoned her in his manor.
Pei Yan held fast to their youthful affection, gently trying to awaken her old feelings. His political rival, Xie Lin, kept intervening, tempting her with freedom and inviting her to leave the whirlpool of political power struggles.
The two men used every means at their disposal to vie with the regent, whose power overshadowed the court, for the same woman. Their three-way standoff brought one dramatic confrontation after another.
Xiao Heng had never learned to hold back. Possessiveness was etched into his very bones, and he couldn’t stand anyone getting even a little close to her. When jealousy took hold, he laid claim to her with searing kisses. His methods might be forceful and domineering, but he could never bring himself to hurt her.
At first, she resisted him with all her heart, hating his brutal abduction and thinking only of going home.
But later, as the realm descended into chaos and turmoil swept through the Shen family, she stood by his side without hesitation and glimpsed the loneliness and vulnerability hidden beneath his icy exterior.
Their entanglement began with brute force. After several brushes with death, their painful love grew tangled with sweetness.
Everyone who coveted her eventually withdrew. At last, beneath a sweeping canopy of red wedding finery, she willingly gave herself to the obsessive regent who had room in his heart for no one but her.
I can feel that the regent is very kind to the heroine, just standing up for her and so on, but he also can't accept the cold violence. He doesn't talk to the heroine for several days and so on. The heroine shouldn't be tempted by him so quickly. At first, he thought of waiting until they were divorced. Now, if someone doesn't talk to you for several days, he will start. I feel uncomfortable all over. I think there needs to be a step-by-step process. After all, the heroine and the two need to understand that they are not marrying blindly or dumbly. They may be tempted soon. The male protagonist is the one who uses their family to force the heroine. The heroine should hate him from the front, right? Why is my heart pounding after more than 20 chapters... The rest is fine. I think the author is too partial to the male protagonist, and the female protagonist likes her without any abuse. Since you asked for it, be humble to me. I feel like I can't read stories about taking things by force. There's no need to be humble to please. Occasionally, you can be cold to the other person for a few days and let the other person guess. Occasionally, I'll be happy with a sweet jujube heroine.