Steal the Wife to Become Empress

Coming up next: the historical romance The Possessive Elder Brother's Heart's Darling, Gentle Entanglement, and My Widowed Sister-in-Law Is So Alluring. Please add them to your reading list. When Ning Yuexi was young, she loved Qin Xun so much that she couldn't help herself. She chased after him like a beam of light, thinking she had finally won his heart, only to find it was all an illusion, as fleeting as a reflection of flowers on water. When news came that he was engaged to someone else, she turned around and married another man. If you have no feelings for me, then I'll leave. But everything the man had done was to avenge a terrible blood feud. After climbing over mountains of corpses to claim the highest position, he found himself lonely, thinking of her constantly. So, regardless of the fact that she was already married, he resorted to a ruthless scheme to force her into the palace. That night, with the wind howling and rain pouring, she knelt before him, drenched. He asked, "Have you thought it through?" She said, "I have. As long as Your Majesty releases my husband, I am willing to serve you for the rest of my life." After the person she wanted to save was freed, Ning Yuexi tried to escape, but the man caught her and controlled her even more crazily. Later, she learned her lesson and began to placate him, soothing him until he was thoroughly pleased. At last, when his guard relaxed, she vanished overnight. One winter's day, the man finally found her and blocked her doorway. His gaze was infatuated and burning. "Xixi, come back with me." Ning Yuexi replied coldly, "Gladly. Why don't you beg me?" She thought he would refuse, but Qin Xun swept up the hem of his robe and knelt before her, pleading softly, "Xixi, I beg you. Please come back, won't you?" Ning Yuexi sneered and poured a basin of cold water over him. A beautiful, scheming heroine VS a possessive, ruthless, unhinged, scum of a hero Whether the hero can win her back is still undecided... Content warnings: 1. The setting is entirely fictional. 2. The hero is an unhinged, unscrupulous scumbag. The heroine is the one and only love of his heart, his sole obsession. 3. The heroine runs away while pregnant. Later, the hero has to suffer through a long road to win her back. 4. Forced marriage and possession, old-school melodrama. Angst early on, followed by the hero's long road to win her back. Coming up next: a historical romance. Please add it to your reading list: The Reborn Darling of a Tragic, Beautiful Elder Brother Song Heng is the youngest daughter of Chancellor Song. She is as bright and lovely as a lotus flower. Although she is adopted, her father dotes on her. In the Song household, her father and her elder brother, Song Jiayan, are bitter enemies. She is very afraid of her brother and keeps her distance, while she likes Xiao Zichen, who is always trying to please her. Then one day, she has a dream. On the day she and Xiao Zichen are to be married, the Crown Prince violates her. Xiao Zichen not only fails to seek justice for her, but conceals what happened. He despises her for no longer being pure and never touches her again. Three years later, her father is imprisoned, and Xiao Zichen brings home a concubine and her son, then gives Song Heng a divorce letter. After she is driven out of her husband's household, her elder brother takes her in and kills the man who betrayed her. When she wakes from the dream, she hurries to break off the engagement. But Xiao Zichen clings to her. Song Heng tugs at Song Jiayan's sleeve, her eyes red, and says, "Brother, he's bullying me." Song Jiayan shields his younger sister, murder in his eyes. "Xiao Zichen, touch her again and see what happens." (Part Two) Chancellor Song hasn't given up on finding his daughter a suitable husband. There are several fine young men from prominent families, and he plans to let his daughter meet them. That day, Song Jiayan suddenly appears. In front of the Chancellor, he puts an arm around Song Heng's slender waist and says possessively, "She's already mine. Chancellor, there's no need to go to all this trouble." The Chancellor curses, "You insolent brat!" But there's nothing he can do. Afterward, in the back garden, Song Heng blushes and says, "Brother, thank you for getting me out of that. There's really nothing between us. I'll explain everything to Father later." Song Jiayan's gaze turns cold as he brushes a finger over her lips. "We've kissed, looked at each other, and touched. If that doesn't count as anything, do you think I have to put a child in your belly before it counts?" Song Heng: "..." The hero's perspective Song Jiayan was born a bringer of bad luck. His mother died because of him when he was young, and as he grew older, he and his father became bitter enemies. Everyone hated and feared him, until one day a little girl appeared before him and offered him a piece of candy. "Brother, eat this candy and it won't hurt anymore." From then on, she became the only sweetness in his bleak life. He was afraid she'd melt if he held her too tightly, afraid she'd fall if he set her down. All he could do was keep her treasured in his heart, day and night. Fake siblings, one-on-one romance, the hero and heroine are not blood-related. Coming up next: a contemporary romance. Please add it to your reading list: Gentle Entanglement Just as Qiao Luoqing and her boyfriend of three years are preparing to get married, she discovers that the man who treated her like a treasure has been cheating on her. The sweet, gentle Qiao Luoqing undergoes a sudden change in personality. After tearing into the cheating man and his mistress, she walks away. After leaving her ex, she meets Lu Sihan at a bar. In a private room, the man is quiet and aloof, exuding an air of abstinence. His sharp eyes stare straight at Qiao Luoqing. Qiao Luoqing walks over to him. "You're looking at me like that. Do you like me?" The man raises an eyebrow, perfectly composed. "Your eyesight might not be very good." Not long afterward, Lu Sihan sees Qiao Luoqing laughing and chatting with another man. When they're alone, Lu Sihan corners her against a wall and asks hoarsely, "Got a boyfriend?" Qiao Luoqing's red lips curve into a smile. "I'm talking to someone." "Stop talking to him. Be with me." At first, Qiao Luoqing gets together with Lu Sihan only because she likes his looks. She doesn't truly fall for him, and he has no intention of marrying her. When she feels their relationship has run its course, she tells him, "My family wants me to enter an arranged marriage. Let's end things here." At first, the man tells her, "If you leave, don't come back." Qiao Luoqing doesn't come back. Three months later, news arrives that she's getting engaged. Lu Sihan finally can't sit still. At a party that day, he asks Qiao Luoqing to dance, his burning gaze seeming ready to devour her. "Are you really going to marry someone else?" Looking at his nearly frantic expression, Qiao Luoqing smiles. "Mr. Lu, don't tell me you took this seriously?" Lu Sihan replies, "I did. So, Miss Qiao, if you have to enter an arranged marriage, why not choose me?" A beautiful, bold, independent heroine VS a deep, abstinent, unhinged hero The heroine is not a virgin; the hero is a virgin. Theme: Work hard to improve yourself, and you'll deserve the love of someone better.