The Emperor and His Friend's Wife

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[The Emperor Steals His Minister's Wife + Old Flames Reunite and Marry First, Fall in Love Later + Melodrama]

Lan Shanyue was born into an ancient world and spent sixteen years living a charmed life.

But just before she could confess her feelings to Crown Prince Chu Yuzhao, who returned her affection, the Lan family was wiped out overnight. She was the only one to escape with her life.

Lan Shanyue fell off a cliff, gravely injured and suffering from amnesia. Her enemy, Xie Nuo, took her home and hid her away for four years.

She lived with her enemy for four years without a title or a name, and they even had a child.

Then one day, Lan Shanyue unexpectedly recovered her lost memories. She remembered that Xie Nuo was her enemy, and that the Xie family had a blood feud with hers!

But the Xie family wielded immense power. How could a lone orphan like her fight back? Shanyue thought of Chu Yuzhao.

By then, Chu Yuzhao was a young emperor, and the old flames were reunited.

He said gently, "Shanyue, I will hate those you hate and love those you love. You can use me without worry."

Shanyue would make the Xie family offer her up as their lifeline in exchange for imperial favor, then strike back at everyone who had ever hurt her.

After she entered the palace, the Xie family's bad luck began:

The Xie family's legitimate daughter failed in her attempt to frame Shanyue and died after drinking poisoned wine. Shanyue delivered it to her with her own hands.

Xie Nuo lost his biological child and died, consumed by grief and illness.

The Xie family had committed too many wrongs, and in the end, those wrongs brought about its downfall.

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The young emperor Chu Yuzhao had a white moonlight in his heart: Lan Shanyue, the woman he had truly loved when they were young. Overnight, he lost all news of her.

When they met again, she had become his friend's concubine. Worse, that friend was an enemy of the Lan family. Chu Yuzhao knew Shanyue had suffered, and that she had been without her memories.

Chu Yuzhao thought: None of this is her fault!

Chu Yuzhao would give her the power to fight back. He said, "So what if you've become someone else's concubine? I'll steal you back."

Later, he overcame all opposition to make Lan Shanyue his empress, dismissed the entire imperial harem, and gave all his affection to her alone.

Chu Yuzhao: "I couldn't protect you before. If I can't protect you in the palace, then it's my fault!"

Reader's Guide:

1. The heroine is not a virgin, but the hero is. They are old flames reunited. The hero's harem is only for show; he has never favored anyone but the heroine.

2. The heroine will not have any more children, and the child she had with her enemy will die. Readers who can't handle this may drop the novel.

3. The heroine enters the palace with one goal: to destroy the second male lead's family. There will be a little palace intrigue, but every plot point serves the heroine.

4. The heroine won't give the hero her heart until he is completely devoted to her. Thank you for reading. If it's not for you, feel free to drop it.

The synopsis has been screenshotted for proof. The premise was conceived on September 22, 2025. The synopsis will be revised when the novel begins, but the core premise will remain unchanged.

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-- Upcoming Novel --

Borrow Your Life, Senior Brother

"Nan Yan, you said you'd borrow my life to keep me by your side. Why aren't you keeping your word?" -- Ning Qingyu

On the twenty-fourth day of midwinter, on a night of heavy snowfall, Nan Yan, the youngest disciple of Daotian Manor, nearly died. Fortunately, her eldest senior brother, Ning Qingyu, arrived in time to save her.

Nan Yan unexpectedly heard her eldest senior brother talking to the System: "Your wife doesn't look like she's going to make it."

Ning Qingyu: "What wife? She's my junior sister!"

She cursed inwardly: You're the one who won't make it. Your whole family won't make it!

No one at Daotian Manor knew that Nan Yan had been born with a deficiency. She had no heart. The old monk who found her predicted she wouldn't live past sixteen, so he used a Bodhi relic as her heart.

To survive, Nan Yan became the youngest junior sister at Daotian Manor.

With her life nearing its end, Nan Yan discovered that as long as Ning Qingyu was around, she could live one more day.

Nan Yan heard her eldest senior brother's voice again: "I'm shortening my life to keep my junior sister alive?!"

Nan Yan: "Eldest Senior Brother, let me borrow your life!"

Later, Ning Qingyu asked, "How can I make my junior sister my wife?"

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Ning Qingyu, the eldest senior brother of Daotian Manor, was an extraordinary genius and the foremost prodigy in the cultivation world.

His master often said that women were dangerous. He never took it to heart.

Only after a junior sister joined Daotian Manor did Ning Qingyu realize his master was right.

But how could this kind of danger be so different from what he had imagined?

Later, after he was bound to a conquest System, he learned that his junior sister would become a world-destroying villain in the future. Ning Qingyu never understood what use the System's lifespan rewards were after he completed missions.

After all, ever since he began cultivating, he had more lifespan than he could count. The reward seemed completely useless to him.

It wasn't until he met Nan Yan that he realized this lifespan had been carefully prepared for her.

Theme: Love life with optimism and take control of your own destiny.