In every melodramatic romance, there's always a doomed second male lead.
He and the heroine grew up together, childhood sweethearts who knew each other inside and out. The heroine: "I'm sorry. I've only ever thought of you as a brother."
He's gentle and refined, considerate and tender. The heroine: "I'm sorry. XX's aloof, cold nature attracts me more."
He comes from a noble family, a house of princes and marquises. The heroine: "I'm sorry. My heart aches more for XX, whose tragic background has left him bullied by everyone."
The Emperor's Ambition is just such a melodramatic, angst-filled historical romance with a bad ending.
Even after the hero hurts the heroine a thousand times over, enough to make her weep as she marries her backup second male lead, she still runs off with the hero when he comes to steal her away on her wedding day.
Even as the hero keeps building his harem to secure his ambition, exploits the heroine's family, and gives her away to another man, she still willingly betrays her backup second male lead for him, causing his entire clan to be put to death.
At last, the heroine's recklessness gets the second male lead killed, and the hero discards the heroine once she's served her purpose.
The night Lan Ziling finished the novel, she wailed over the poor backup second male lead and cursed the heroine for being a fool. That very night, she transmigrated into The Emperor's Ambition as the heroine, just after eloping with the hero.
What she doesn't know is that the second male lead has been reborn with his memories, and has turned dark.
Sweet, sweet, sweet romance, pampering, pampering, pampering, swoon, swoon, swoon. One-on-one pairing.
Advance reservations opened on February 20, 2019. Screenshots have been posted on Weibo.
