Deep in the Jade Hall

Shuang Lan had loved Xie Chengming for ten years. From the age of eight to eighteen, her devotion never wavered. Everyone said that Prince Linshao was as graceful as jade, with a character as clear as moonlight after rain. Only Shuang Lan knew his true nature. Beneath that gentle face lay a cold-blooded, twisted heart. Shuang Lan loved him, so she endured every insult and humiliation he heaped upon her. She thought that if she persisted, one day she would move Xie Chengming. But when the emperor arranged a marriage for her and Shuang Lan hurried to explain herself to him, he wore a smile, his eyes utterly indifferent. "Miss Ruan and the heir of Duke Anguo are a match made in heaven, a perfect couple." He told Shuang Lan he wished her and the heir a lifetime together. In that moment, Shuang Lan finally realized that for all these ten years, she had been deceiving herself. She gave up on him completely. . Shuang Lan thought Xie Chengming must have been sick of her after ten years of her relentless pursuit. But after she accepted the imperial marriage decree and devoted herself to preparing for the wedding, he went mad. In a dim, dilapidated palace, Xie Chengming's cold fingertips brushed her cheek. His eyes were dark and unhinged. "You actually dared to marry someone else..." After that, her fiance was killed when his horse bolted during the autumn hunt. No one knew the truth. Only Shuang Lan suffered nightmares night after night. Her marriage was put on hold indefinitely. . Later, the new emperor ascended the throne and appointed Prince Linshao crown prince. That same day, the new emperor issued an edict naming Shuang Lan crown princess. On their wedding night, Xie Chengming held Shuang Lan in his arms as she gazed at him with indifference, calling her name again and again. His voice was obsessive and unhinged. Yet his gaze was like a tightly woven spiderweb, slowly ensnaring the person in his arms in his heart, leaving her no way to escape. Reader's guide: This is a story about a lovesick fool becoming clear-headed and a scumbag turning into a madman. The male lead is a scumbag because he trampled on the female lead's feelings. He will not get involved with other women. It will probably follow the groveling-after-the-breakup and obsessive, dark transformation route. Theme: While the flower is there to be plucked, pluck it at once.