Pairing: Beautiful, scheming noblewoman x possessive, lovesick crown prince
Jiang Li was born into the Marquis of Xuanping’s household. Her birth mother died young, and with so many sisters in the family, she had little support in the manor.
She had no choice but to plan her own marriage. After carefully weighing her options, she set her sights on His Highness the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince had never known an easy life. He spent ten years confined in the Cold Palace before finally seeing daylight again, and even afterward, people continued to look down on him.
Jiang Li thought that if she stayed by his side now, she would surely receive a high-ranking title in the future.
So she carefully devised a plan:
She gave him fine clothes and fruit, pleaded on his behalf to get him out of punishments when she could, and when she couldn’t, stayed by his side. In front of him, she played the part of a sweet, kind childhood friend, always smiling.
Most important of all, she always looked at him with eyes full of affection and joy.
Her plan was going smoothly, but His Highness the Crown Prince still never asked for her hand in marriage.
With no other choice, Jiang Li hurriedly changed targets and soon won over the heir of the Marquis of Wu’an.
On the day of her wedding, armed guards in black armor suddenly surrounded the marquis’s manor. The wedding music stopped, replaced by panicked screams.
The Crown Prince, whom she had not seen in a long time, slowly entered the manor. His whole body radiated menace, his eyes were bloodshot, and in one hand he held a bloodstained imperial seal.
He came forward and pulled Jiang Li, dressed in a scarlet wedding gown, into his arms. With his other, clean hand, he gently stroked her long hair, his expression utterly unhinged and deranged.
“Ah Li looks beautiful in her wedding gown. It would be even better if I were the only one who got to see you in it.”
The smell of blood filled Jiang Li’s nostrils. She trembled in his arms, but could not break free.
The new emperor, who had murdered the former ruler and seized the throne, pressed his lips close to Jiang Li’s ear and spoke softly, his voice intimate: “You were so good to me, Ah Li. Wasn’t it because you wanted to be empress?”
“Keep deceiving me, and you can be empress right now.”
P.S. This is an alternate-history setting. Let’s discuss things kindly. I’ll keep improving little by little~
Theme: Love means being there forever.
