After Humiliating the Sickly Hostage Prince from an Enemy Kingdom

Bright, mischievous princess x proud, sharp-tongued, devoted emperor

Faked her death and returned | The late empress was His Majesty's one true love

Rong Jiao transmigrates into the body of an unloved little princess of Great Xia, bullied by her siblings and abused by her stepmother. According to the story, her homeland will be destroyed by Lu Shiye, a hostage prince from an enemy nation, and her mission is to drive him to darkness, destroy Great Xia, and establish a new dynasty.

The night she drugs Lu Shiye with an aphrodisiac, he lies on her bed and submits to her, a ribbon cut from her crimson undergarment tied around his wrist. The elegant young gentleman, usually cool and distant in public, transforms into a bewitching fox, his eyes reddened and his clothes in disarray.

After their night of passion, the man sits silently in a corner, staring at her with eyes dark and viscous as a swamp.

Rong Jiao secretly delights: He must be imagining a hundred ways to kill her.

But she doesn't live to see the day her homeland falls. On the day Lu Shiye returns to his own country, she is unexpectedly killed by an assassin, dying in a pool of blood before his eyes.

Three years later, an accident with a teleportation array brings her back to Great Xia. The System orders her to save the crumbling dynasty...

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When Rong Jiao is sent to the tyrant's bed, she sees Lu Shiye through blood-red gauze curtains, his face cold and pale as a corpse. His gaze is icy and unfamiliar.

She thinks he'll do what he does to every other woman sent to his bed and cut her down.

Instead, the man silently unties the crimson silk undergarment she wears and leans over her. His large, rough hands roam over her skin, as smooth and pale as ice. After taking her again and again, he rests his head on her shoulder, panting. His cold eyes reveal nothing.

Afterward, he grants her a palace, bestows glory and riches upon her, and builds her a golden house where he keeps her like a precious treasure.

Rong Jiao thinks: The tyrant must be planning to kill me once he's tired of playing with me. Yes, that must be it.

He often comes to sit in her palace, looking at her with a deep, clinging gaze, like a wolf in the forest ready to pounce on its prey.

Rong Jiao eagerly anticipates it: Look! He's finally about to kill me!

But nothing happens.

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One day, she wanders into a palace and finds a raised altar inside. Talismans cover the walls, and in the center stands a lavishly decorated coffin.

Rong Jiao looks up at the portrait above it, her face going rigid as she feels herself nearly die on the spot.

The person in the portrait is her... This man really hates her that much. He's set up a shrine and performed rituals to ensure she can never be reborn.

The doors behind her slowly open. The tyrant's voice is chillingly cold: "You've come."

Rong Jiao's legs go weak. She's entered a forbidden palace. Surely this time he'll kill her.

The man corners her, advancing step by step. His tall frame leans over her, completely enveloping her small figure.

Just as Rong Jiao thinks he's about to raise a knife and kill her, he silently pulls her into his arms. From the corner of her eye, she sees that his eyes are red...

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Later, Rong Jiao hears a few rumors:

People say Lu Shiye is a complete madman. Destroying his own homeland wasn't enough: he also broke his treaty with his allies and slaughtered everyone in the Great Xia palace in a single night, wiping out the entire royal family.

Strangely, although this emperor is cruel and violent by nature, he has no interest in women. Apart from one late empress, he has no one else in his harem.

They say the late empress was once a little princess of Great Xia. She was kindhearted and compassionate as a Buddha. Though she struggled to survive in the palace herself, she still went out of her way to look after Lu Shiye when he was a hostage prince. Together, they made it through those difficult years.

Rong Jiao: ? Kindhearted, me?

Reading Guide:

1. Both leads are inexperienced. The heroine's soul is still the same; only her body has changed.

2. The hero is a lovesick yandere with a slight sadistic streak. He's very good at overthinking and at convincing himself of things.

3. At first, the heroine has no feelings for the hero, giving the impression of a villainess taming her husband. From the hero's point of view, his wife hits him to fool other people and protect him, then secretly brings him medicine, sobbing as she does it (in reality, she just doesn't want him to die too soon). Later, after learning more about his past, the heroine gradually falls for him, giving the impression of a divine maiden who brings salvation. If that sounds interesting, go ahead and add it to your collection!

Theme: Compassion is where love begins.