The White Moonlight's Substitute and the Beautiful, Tragic Villain Get Their Happy Ending

In her previous life, An Suiyao was neither loved by her father nor cherished by her mother. She was the marquis's real daughter, but was switched at birth and suffered for years in the countryside. Even Emperor Xiao Xingjian, who repeatedly swore he loved her, only treated her as a stand-in.

To prove herself, she schemed and plotted with all her might, doing everything she could to claim the throne as empress.

But her good days didn't last long. The rebels stormed the imperial city, and An Suiyao, empress for only three days, was forced to die as a sacrifice for Xiao Xingjian.

Only after she died did she understand: she had been living inside an old-fashioned, melodramatic transmigration novel, as the vicious supporting character who existed to make the heroine, the emperor's beloved, shine.

After being reborn, An Suiyao saw the light. She realized it was better to rely on herself than on anyone else, and resolved not to repeat her mistakes.

But An Suiyao discovered that whenever the heroine was near, misfortune seemed to follow her. Only by staying close to Xie Shuhuai, the powerful traitor from her previous life, could she escape the heroine's protagonist aura...

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Xie Shuhuai was once a peerless beauty, an otherworldly figure who seemed untouched by mortal concerns. Deeply valued by the emperor, he had no equal in the capital.

The world is fickle. The heaven-blessed darling fell into the dust, and Xie Shuhuai became everyone's laughingstock.

Later, when Xie Shuhuai held immense power, people called him ruthless, a demon in the skin of an immortal.

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He still remembered how, many years ago, a little girl saw him snap someone's neck. She was terrified, yet still came over to curry favor with him, asking, "Would you like to wipe your hands?"

He thought she was interesting. It wouldn't hurt to let her live.

And later, before he knew it, the little girl had become the person dearest to his heart...

[Little Scene]

At last, the little girl showed her fox's claws.

She hugged him from behind and smiled sweetly. "Why won't you look at me, sir?"

His expression calm, he closed his eyes and chose to pretend she wasn't there.

But nobody noticed his hand, clenched tight beneath his sleeve.

He knew the little liar before him was all sweet words and schemes, yet he still couldn't stop himself from falling for her.

[Cunning beauty heroine who plays dumb to catch the tiger VS seemingly aloof, but actually unhinged, male lead]

[Set in an imaginary dynasty. Readers who value historical accuracy, beware.]

PS:

* The heroine really is weak at first, but grows steadily later. Please don't read if that's not for you.

* The male lead is genuinely cold-blooded and unhinged. Neither lead is a good person.

* The leads are eight years apart. One-on-one romance, both virgins, happy ending.

Theme: Even when fate is unfair, carve out a place for yourself