The Crown Prince Regretted It Too Late After Everyone Hated Me to Death

[After being reborn, the protagonist starts pursuing his wife. The gong doesn't truly forgive him until Chapter 60. The comment saying the shou is about to forgive the gong in Chapter 27 is a false warning. Since a small number of subjective and false warnings have seriously misled new readers, the comment section is closed.]

[This story features a forced relationship and a long road to redemption. If that's not your thing, beware. Read the author's note in Chapter 1 first.]

[Starting May 11: the fantasy romance novel After My Ex-Boyfriend Defected. The blurb is below this one.]

Story blurb:

After being a prince for sixteen years, Ji Yunchuan learned that he wasn't of royal blood.

His mother, once the most favored consort in the palace, was given poisoned wine. He had been used to muddle the royal bloodline, and could only kneel before his father, trembling too much to say a word.

In the end, out of consideration for their many years together, his father merely confined him to the Cold Palace.

But his father had spared his life only to make him wish he were dead.

The once-privileged prince fell from the clouds. In the Cold Palace, anyone could trample him underfoot.

Then,

The Crown Prince, who had never gotten along with him, came to see him...

He forced him to wear a palace maid's clothes and kneel at his feet, serving him as a slave.

He forced him to kneel in the snow in summer clothes until he fainted.

He forced him to warm his bed every night.

He forced him to share his bed and sleep beside him.

He forced him to put on a bright red bridal gown so they could secretly act out a wedding ceremony together...

In the end, Ji Yunchuan died in the heavy snow on New Year's Eve. When he opened his eyes, he had become Wei Yunchuan, the beloved heir of the Rongguo Mansion.

Ji Yu had once viewed Ji Yunchuan, the son of the favored consort, as a thorn in his side. He believed that this mother and son had stolen all of his father's affection, driving his own mother to the brink of madness.

Then one day, the favored consort was put to death, and Ji Yunchuan, the false prince, was locked away in the dark, sunless Cold Palace.

He thought everything would get better. But his father fell into a deep depression, and his mother became even more deranged, cursing his father and yet still longing for him.

So Ji Yu vented his pent-up anger on Ji Yunchuan.

As Ji Yu grabbed Ji Yunchuan's thin wrist, narrow enough to encircle easily with two fingers, and looked at his face, beautiful as Xi Shi's, a cruel idea came to him.

At first,

Ji Yu only forced him to wear a palace maid's clothes and serve him, hoping to humiliate the once-beloved, noble prince.

Later,

Ji Yu began forcing him to warm his bed, and even kept him there night after night, refusing to let him go.

Ji Yu increasingly felt that something was wrong, but he could only tell himself that he was humiliating Ji Yunchuan.

Until one day, Ji Yunchuan died.

Only then did Ji Yu realize that he had long since let this man into his heart. Filled with regret, he searched the world for a way to bring the dead back to life.

After failing again and again, he lost hope, believing he would have to spend his life holding the other's ashes. Then, at the Rongguo Mansion, he found an heir who looked exactly like Ji Yunchuan.

Notes for readers:

They are each other's first love. The gong has never been with anyone else, but he really is a bastard. The shou wears women's clothes for part of the story.

Neither the gong nor the shou is perfect. Because of the grudges between them from their previous lives, they are still enemies, and both have plenty of flaws. The story will probably be melodramatic, and most of the characters are probably not normal. If that's not your thing, beware. Those with strong character preferences should read with caution.

Expect a possessive, crazy gong x a cool, beautiful shou.

Weibo: Xie Shuanghua

Upcoming fantasy romance: After My Ex-Boyfriend Defected

Yu Chuchen and Duan Yan served together from military academy through their years in the military, helping the Federation expand into new territory and repel foreign enemies. They had won countless honors.

Together, they became the Federation's youngest major generals and were hailed as the Federation's twin stars.

After years together, they had fully marked each other and believed they would never be apart.

Until one day.

Duan Yan defected, and the twin stars fell apart.

Yu Chuchen endured the pain of being betrayed by an alpha and looked at Duan Yan, who had suddenly become an imperial prince, filled with anger and confusion.

After all their years together, how could he abandon him so easily, just for the temptation of being a prince?

From then on, Yu Chuchen retired from the front lines, believing he would never have the chance to see Duan Yan again.

Then the Federation lost the war, and the two countries began negotiations.

The Federation's leaders sent Yu Chuchen, who had long since withdrawn from the political arena, to Duan Yan's bed.

The once-gentle, thoughtful boyfriend was gone. Standing before Yu Chuchen now was the de facto ruler of the Empire, who had seized power in just three short years.

"Meeting an old lover again."

"General, don't you have anything to say?"

Duan Yan ran his fingers over the omega's vulnerable gland, his eyes full of dangerous intent.

Yu Chuchen was just as unyielding as ever. He forcibly suppressed the joy his omega physiology stirred at seeing the alpha again and refused to bow his head to Duan Yan.

Theme: There is no remedy for regret. Only by admitting your mistakes and making amends can you have a chance at being forgiven.