The Tyrant's Beloved

[Disabled, Unhinged Male Lead x Scheming Beauty] Blurb: Tang Yi, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Anping's household, is gentle and demure, with a beauty that could topple a city. Chosen as the Crown Princess from the day she was born, she only had to wait until her coming-of-age ceremony to marry into the Eastern Palace on an auspicious day. She was the envy of everyone in the capital. Who could have guessed that on the day of her birthday banquet, an imperial decree would change the Crown Princess's position to Shen Yufu, the Chancellor's daughter? Tang Yi, meanwhile, was betrothed to Prince Heng, Qin Huai, whose legs were crippled. In an instant, she became the most pitiful laughingstock in the capital. Tang Yi herself: "..." Actually, it was fine. The imperial palace was like a prison, and she'd never wanted to marry. * At the Lantern Festival palace banquet, civil and military officials gathered together. Tang Yi gazed for a long while at the exceptionally handsome man sitting in a wheelchair. While waiting for His Majesty to arrive, she somehow found herself going over to him and saying, "Your Highness, Prince Heng, I am Tang Yi. May I... offer you a cup of wine?" The grand hall fell silent. Everyone knew that six years ago, Prince Heng Qin Huai had not only lost the use of his legs, but had also become incapable of intimacy. His temperament had changed drastically after that, turning him cruel and ruthless, and he no longer had any interest in women. At first, some people hadn't known and had offered him beauties. They never imagined that one of those women would die that very night. The officials fell into an uneasy silence, unable to help sighing over how pitiful the Tang family's young lady was. Yet His Highness Prince Heng, famed for his brutality, obediently lifted his wine cup and answered in a gentle voice, "All right." Heaven and earth had taken pity on him, at last letting him meet her again. * Later, in a grand wedding procession stretching ten miles, with phoenix crown and red robes, a ceremonial cup of wine, and their wedding night, an exhausted Tang Yi lay against Qin Huai's chest and asked sleepily, "Husband, what time do we go to the palace to pay our respects tomorrow?" Qin Huai's eyes shifted slightly. His voice was hoarse. "No need." Tang Yi was too tired to think much of it, assuming the Emperor had granted them a special favor as a couple. Who knew that when she woke the next day, she would see Qin Huai standing straight before her, dressed in the imperial yellow robes? Tang Yi: "?!!" Reading notes: 1. The male lead is reborn, secretly a complete lunatic, and dotes on the female lead. He dotes on her a lot. 2. The female lead is a native of this world, but will gradually recall some memories of a past life. She's also secretly a scheming beauty. 3. The second male and female leads will both end up in the crematorium, a real crematorium, the kind where they lose their lives. 4. One-on-one romance, set in an imaginary world. Don't overthink the details. *Blurb written on 2021.09.09, screenshot saved as a record. Theme: Darkness is endless, but you are the only light.