[Mad Empress x Aloof Imperial Preceptor + Coerced Love + Both Reborn + Angsty Romance, Both Leads Suffer]
In my previous life, on the day of my wedding, my Imperial Husband died in the Cold Palace.
He was always arrogant.
Arrogant when he betrayed me, arrogant when he filled the harem with consorts, and so arrogant that, because of something I said, he destroyed his own eyes.
But he was naive, too. He thought death could free him from me. Of course it couldn't...
Even if we both fell into the underworld, he would never escape me. I would bind him to me for all eternity.
I never expected to be reborn. I rushed off, heart set on finding him, only to see a young man sitting upright, his eyes covered in white gauze stained with blood.
He had been reborn, too.
"Your Majesty, I, Shen Qingzhu, will not be anyone's substitute."
But from beginning to end, he had never been a substitute to me.
Even the saints have selfish desires, and even scoundrels have true hearts.
(The blurb is in first person, while the novel is in third person.)
Very melodramatic, very melodramatic. Neither lead will speak up, and with so little to eat, I'll just have to cook for myself.
