The Substitute Princess Turned Dark

[The scumbag gets ground to dust and sent to the crematorium. The heroine turns dark, slaps faces, and takes down the trash. The hero is someone else.]

Xiao Yuke was a princess of Chu, born to a noble family. But her birth mother died young, and her father was a foolish, incompetent ruler. After a defeat in battle, he listened to his second empress's lies and sent Xiao Yuke to the enemy kingdom of Yan to marry for peace.

On their wedding day, Rong Xi, Prince Qi of Yan, gently embraced her and solemnly vowed, "Since Ah Yu calls me her husband, I will protect you and keep you safe for the rest of your life."

He treated her like a treasure, and little by little she gave him her heart. She used her intelligence to help him fight for the position of crown prince, risked her life for him time and again, and even willingly helped him bring down her homeland, Great Chu.

She had nothing else in this world to hold on to. He was her only light.

On the day Rong Xi became crown prince, he brought a young woman back from outside the palace. Only then did Xiao Yuke learn that she had been a substitute for his beloved, the one he had always cherished, from beginning to end. Now that he held great power, he could finally spend his life with the woman he loved, and Xiao Yuke no longer had any value to him.

The young woman became Crown Princess. She and Rong Xi were inseparable and doted on each other, envied by all.

Xiao Yuke, meanwhile, was imprisoned in a lightless palace chamber, where she endured humiliation and torture.

She did everything she could to escape the palace. Surrounded by pursuers and with nowhere left to run, she resolutely leaped from the city tower.

Rong Xi rushed over in a panic, only to be held back by his attendants.

She saw the pain and regret he could barely hide.

When Xiao Yuke opened her eyes again, she was back on the eve of her wedding. Thinking of her fiance, whom she had "never met," she sneered inwardly.

When she discovered that Rong Xi had his memories of the past life and was determined to make things right with her...

Good.

This time, she would make him pay back every last thing he owed her.

Later, Rong Xi knelt before her, begging only for her to look at him one more time. But she looked straight ahead and walked right past him, on her way to someone else.

-Revenge against the scumbag. The heroine is a black lotus with a touch of madness. The scumbag pursues his wife to the crematorium, only to fail, with even his ashes scattered. The hero is someone else.

-Set in an imaginary dynasty. No historical fact-checking, please.

[Archived 2020-12-29]

Theme: Only through your own hard work can you gain a happy life.