A year ago, the fake princess Yun Yao met Lu Chenyuan for the first time in a dungeon. He saw through her identity and said, "You tried to paint a tiger but ended up with a dog."
She was force-fed a sacred drug and made to suffer terribly.
Both prisoners, she groveled and let others use her, becoming a cruel fiend who helped the wicked in order to stay alive.
Lu Chenyuan, however, remained aloof and noble, unmoved by anything.
Yun Yao slapped him, whipped him, then pinned him beneath her and abused him without restraint. Though his desire was stirred, his eyes held their usual disgust, as if she were the pitiful one trapped in a cage.
Until Yun Yao poisoned him with blood wine to cure herself. Watching the hatred in his eyes, she suddenly laughed. "General Lu, tell me, which of us is the dog now?"
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Not long afterward, Yun Yao got the antidote and escaped with Lu Chenyuan. She didn't spare a thought for the man she'd shoved in front of a blade to shield herself. As soon as she took the antidote, she disappeared before the pursuers could catch up.
But just a year later, Yun Yao saw Lu Chenyuan again on the battlefield. He commanded a vast army and held a position of power. He was on the verge of claiming the throne.
Lu Chenyuan ordered his men to bring her to his tent. His eyes were as icy as the first time she'd met him.
Seeing her frightened and at a loss, he laughed softly. "I told you long ago that I'd skin you alive, take you apart, and devour you..."
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The new emperor, Lu Chenyuan, had been wounded on the battlefield in his youth, leaving him deficient in yin essence and excessive in yang.
At first, when she forced herself on him, he swore he'd kill her. Later, he thought that if she came back and admitted her mistake, he'd let her live.
Until he saw Yun Yao again on the battlefield.
Only then did Lu Chenyuan understand who was truly addicted and unable to let go.
It was him.
After several days of madness, Yun Yao was taken back to the capital. At night, she finally found a chance to escape, but as soon as she stepped out of the palace, the man's dark silhouette blocked her way.
"The poison from the wine you gave me all those years ago still hasn't cleared. Where do you think you're going, Yao Niang?"
Theme: Face reality with courage
