After Loving the Wrong Person, I Decide to Have a Happy Ending with the Demon Consort

[Highlight: Emperor Bottom x Bewitching Consort Top, primarily from the bottom's perspective]

In his previous life, He Huangchuan killed his father and brothers with his own hands, alienating everyone around him, all for the throne.

He thought that after paying such a steep price for the position, he should at least be a wise ruler and bring peace and prosperity to the land.

So for years, he governed diligently and held himself to the highest standards. The only scandalous thing he ever did was, despite the public outcry, summon Lu Huaiyong, heir to the Marquis of Weiyuan, into the palace to attend him and let him do as he pleased. Yet after He Huangchuan was injured on a campaign, Lu Huaiyong betrayed him. As he lay dying, he even had to watch Lu Huaiyong and his seventh younger brother swear to die together.

Then he was reborn, back in the year he was still crown prince. His father and brothers were alive, his mother had yet to hate him to the point of no return, and his sisters had yet to avoid him like the plague. The only thing that had already happened was that he had given Lu Huaiyong that cup of aphrodisiac wine.

But this time, He Huangchuan decided not to force the matter. He would let Lu Huaiyong and the seventh prince live happily together. He'd seen through it all: why insist on winning someone's heart? Wouldn't it be better to find a dutiful, attentive bewitching consort who knew how to please him and shower him with affection?

He Huangchuan knew that before long, the Prince of Jingnan would send his second son, Ji Lan, to the capital as a hostage. What he didn't know was that Ji Lan had already been possessed by a fox spirit. After entering the palace, the spirit would use every trick in the book to beguile him. In his previous life, He Huangchuan had remained unmoved. He even sentenced the fox spirit to death for framing Lu Huaiyong, but when the execution began, the spirit revealed its true form and escaped.

This time, however, He Huangchuan had no intention of punishing the fox spirit.

He thought, Both of them ruin my reputation and throw the court into chaos, but Lu Huaiyong acts as though I owe him a fortune, while that fox spirit is enthusiastic and eager to compete for my favor. Whenever he sees me, his eyes shine with ambition. Now that's the kind of bewitching consort an emperor should dote on.

So when his father, just as in his previous life, tried to betroth his cousin to him as his principal consort, He Huangchuan stepped forward. Under Lu Huaiyong's furious gaze, he changed his line: "Thank you for your grace, Father. But your son has already given his heart to someone. It is none other than the Prince of Jingnan's second son, Ji Lan."

The Sheng Dynasty's imperial family are all descendants of dragons, capable of moving mountains and overturning seas. The current crown prince is the earthly incarnation of a heavenly sovereign.

Among the green foxes, there is a rumor: if one of them can make the crown prince fall deeply in love, then deceive him into destroying his realm, they will ascend to immortality on the spot.

Qiu Lan, the best-looking fox in the clan and the one with the fewest screws in his head, rubbed his hands together with reckless enthusiasm. "There's a deal like that?"

The other foxes warned him, "Don't go. The crown prince has someone he loves already."

Qiu Lan scoffed. "That's only because he hasn't met me yet."

He was so foolish and so confident that all the other foxes waited to see him make a fool of himself. Instead, what arrived in the end was an imperial decree appointing Qiu Lan a prince with the same honors as the emperor.

In the bedchamber, Qiu Lan gazed at the sleeping He Huangchuan, his face full of guilt. "I'm sorry, Ah Huang. You've been so good to me, but I bewitched you into framing loyal officials and ruining your realm. I'm not even human. I'm a wicked fox..."

He Huangchuan, who was pretending to be asleep: How was he supposed to explain to this foolish fox that the people he framed were all treacherous ministers?

[Important, repeated three times] Emperor bottom x bewitching consort top. Don't get the pairing wrong. In both their past and present lives, their positions never switch.

[Some potentially spoiler-heavy character details, in case you want to bow out early] In his previous life, he forced a cannon-fodder top and suffered betrayal as retribution. After being reborn, he decides to dote on a bewitching consort to please himself. He doesn't understand love and thinks, I'll just dote on you, and that'll do. A black dragon emperor with a madness affliction, a scum bottom who once forgot that the top had helped soothe his madness. A red fox top who has a keepsake but doesn't bring it out, is confident in his own beauty and wants to be a bewitching consort who can beguile the bottom, knows little about social niceties and only causes trouble, and is hopelessly in love.

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Theme: Rather than force people and things that aren't right for you, let go of your attachment. You may find a more wonderful life waiting for you.