[Your Majesty, just lower yourself a little first. I'll kneel down and straighten your hem.]
A cruel, dark, yandere emperor on the bottom vs. a groveling, devoted treacherous minister on top.
Li Jingxing took my empire.
Li Jingxing killed me.
I was reborn.
Reborn as the Fifteenth Prince, when I was still fifteen.
I remembered what I had read after my death in "The History of Southern Qi: Biography of the Deposed Emperor": Deposed Emperor Xihe was violent and cruel, brave in battle, and once led five thousand elite soldiers to defeat an army of sixty thousand from Loulan all by himself. Yet even as a child, he was already fond of killing. He first took pleasure in hunting, until every living creature, birds and beasts alike, vanished from Shanglin Park and the ten miles around the city, afraid to set foot there. Later, he studied torture, often visited the prison in person, and enjoyed carrying it out himself. He loved the sound of prisoners' screams and clapped his hands in delight...
It's all bullshit. I swear that this time I'll kill those bastards, especially Li Jingxing.
Main characters: Yuan Xihe, Li Jingxing
P.S. This isn't written in the first person; the blurb is just written that way. Political intrigue and melodrama. Groveling in the first half, taking the blame in the second. The top isn't a scumbag.
Theme: Imperfection is the truth of love.
There's one thing I didn't quite understand, hahaha, but I'll probably be able to put it all together later. Keep it up, author!!!