Does Your Highness the Princess Not Want Me Anymore?

[Sweet on the outside, dark and obsessive on the inside male lead x sunny, direct female lead | winning her back after losing her | coercive love]

At seventeen, Shang Qiaoyin fell in love for the first time with a gentle, handsome young man who held no high office.

As a beloved princess of Great Yan, she was never short of affection. But she didn’t want the false kind, the half-hidden kind.

Her feelings were sincere and passionate, and she offered her heart to him without hesitation.

But instead of a happy ending, she became a subject of a conquered kingdom.

She watched him walk toward her step by step, his hands stained with bright red blood.

It was her father’s blood, her elder brother’s, and perhaps it would soon be hers too.

In a daze, Qiaoyin remembered that night when the young man had grabbed her wrist and run with her, panting for breath.

“So, Your Highness, do you want to elope with me?”

If she could answer again now, her answer would be:

No.

Later, he imprisoned her in the imperial palace.

He watched as the face that had always smiled so brightly became streaked with tears.

He watched her grab a small knife and viciously drive it into her own shoulder.

Pain spread through him.

Yet he only smiled, took hold of her wrist, and pulled out the knife.

Then he aimed it at his own heart.

“Ayin, that’s wrong.”

As if soothing a lover, he gently showed her what to do.

“Stab here.”

The blade sank into flesh, and his eyes brimmed with darkness and madness.

“Don’t cry so pitifully, Your Highness.”

Later, Qiaoyin escaped. She thought she would never see him again, but to her surprise, he still managed to find her.

Qiaoyin said, “Why don’t you just die?”

Que Huaiyou smiled and held her even tighter.

“Fine. But I want you to kill me yourself. I only want to die in your arms.”

“Ayin, you can’t abandon me. You’re all I have. I can give up everything, even being emperor, as long as you can love me. I’d give up anything, even my life.”

*

They had watched the lights of countless homes together, and poured their hearts out beneath the moon. The thrilling, outrageous, and crazy things they did made her heart race, and she willingly stepped into the trap called love and desire.

“Let’s be together forever. Stay tangled up with me for the rest of your life.”

[Reading Guide and Content Warnings]

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s first and only, happy ending, fictional dynasty.

2. A melodramatic story, with both sweet and angsty moments. The blurb gives a misleading impression. The romance is the main focus.

3. The male lead is not a good person; he’s a complete lunatic. The female lead isn’t perfect either. Includes the male lead trying to win her back after losing her, and male rivalry over the heroine. A second male lead has unrequited feelings for her. Little political intrigue.

4. This story contains all the author’s wicked kinks. It’s extremely melodramatic. (°ー°〃)

Theme: Don’t get trapped in the past. Look ahead.