Blurb:
Not good. Don't buy it. The ending is rushed. Please don't click in again, dear readers. Please.
At first, Ji Yuan hoped Wei Xuan would like her a little more, while Wei Xuan hoped Ji Yuan would like him a little less.
When her heartfelt devotion was not treated with care, Ji Yuan decided to give him what he wanted.
But later, everything turned upside down.
P.S. A bittersweet, angsty romance about a lovesick woman growing up.
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1.
Before Wang Zhaorong's mother died, she forced her to swear a solemn oath before the Buddha.
She would never become another man's concubine in this life.
But from the day Xiao Ji's men captured her and brought her back to the palace, she knew that even as Xiao Ji's first wife, she would never become empress.
Not being empress was no different from being a concubine.
Wang Zhaorong would never be a concubine, so she fought and clawed her way to the position of empress.
But she was a wife who had once betrayed her husband, a woman who had nearly sent him to the executioner's blade to save the lives of her family and kin.
So even as empress, she was unhappy.
Xiao Ji found every opportunity to make her miserable, repaying her for her betrayal all those years ago.
Then, one warm spring afternoon, she ruined a painting his current favorite consort had made for him. To punish her, he forced her to eat an entire box of special pastries sent by a minister.
The pastries poisoned her to death.
As she lay dying, she thought, Oh, it hurts so much, and I'm so angry.
2.
Reborn one day, Wang Zhaorong returned to the time when she and Xiao Ji were hiding in the countryside of Jizhou, to the very day she had betrayed him in her previous life.
A cold blade rested against her snow-white neck. The young members of her clan were bound like silkworms. The man leading them held a huge saber in front of her, forcing her to report Xiao Ji to the authorities and confess that he was plotting a rebellion.
She looked at the saber.
It was as if she were seeing her fate from her previous life all over again.
Then the leader's head was chopped off and rolled, covered in blood, right in front of her.
In the silence, Xiao Ji walked gently toward her and placed the bloodstained sword in her hand.
Then he looked at the other men, who stood frozen in shock.
"Didn't you want so badly to be a good empress?"
"Be good. Getting rid of the people who threaten you is the first step to being a good empress. Kill them."
3.
After being reborn, Wang Zhaorong no longer wanted to be empress.
She did not even want to be Xiao Ji's wife.
She had achieved a beautiful state of mind and refused to swallow Xiao Ji's empty promises.
She only wanted to toy with him, to have this bastard dancing in the palm of her hand.
So she pretended to love him while doing everything she could to trip him up. She got him caned in disgrace outside the county office, had him beaten by local gentry, and nearly got him killed in the tiny backwater of Jizhou.
But unexpectedly, Xiao Ji did not hate her.
Because he knew she was doing it on purpose.
"What husband in this world would hold it against his wife?"
"Unlike you, I don't hold grudges."
In the middle of the night, as he woke from a dream, Xiao Ji chuckled and murmured in her ear.
Reader's guide:
1. A story about a woman who wants to be empress and a man who wants to be emperor, who happen to be husband and wife. The story of a fallen imperial couple growing up.
2. A sweet-and-angsty romance. The leads both have wonderfully unhinged mindsets. In their previous life, they tore into each other, and neither of them looked good doing it.
3. Both leads are devoted only to each other. The male lead has only one favorite consort, and she loves a minister, not him. The male lead knows this and does not love her either. There is not even the slightest hint of romantic interest between them.
Theme: Cherish the person by your side
Mr. Wei is short-sighted and does not distinguish between inside and outside... Probably this is an era when the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and powerful officials do not need to be too shrewd.
Applause to the upright Coach Zhou Although I can't read, I know green tea!
Although one chapter has passed, I still want to say that if it is not necessary to promote the plot, then the cheating of the supporting character is actually quite uncomfortable. Just like the story about chasing a wife, the male protagonist cannot really desert the story. This is the basic requirement for the reunion, and the male supporting character must also abide by male ethics.
Why are you sympathizing with him? [Lie down] It's just a rain shower. Why are you so easy to be soft-hearted? I'm even afraid that the heroine will pour water on the crematorium before it even starts burning.
I feel that Wei has no real sense of reconciliation. He is still looking at it from the perspective of a husband. In fact, you are only barely considered a suitor at this time. Being jealous is not what you are qualified to do at this stage. The pursuer should look competitive
The way the male and female protagonists get along has always been that the female protagonist takes the initiative, and the male protagonist arrogantly says that I'm so annoyed, why don't you do something else, and I am the only one in your world, bala bala. They are both used to the enthusiasm of the female protagonist, and the indifference of the male protagonist. If there is no female partner to cause trouble, they may live like this for the rest of their lives (so miserable). Because the heroine really likes him and thinks that they will be husband and wife after all and will stay together for a lifetime. And the male protagonist actually protects the female protagonist in many things. But! No comparison, no harm. Only with the male protagonist's constant defense of the female protagonist, and the harsh words and cruel things he did to the female protagonist because he was protecting her, did the female protagonist realize that she had no place in his heart, and then she began to think about quitting. In fact, it is better to leave later than to leave early. The heroine understood it clearly in her twenties and walked out. No matter what happens in the future, she will always avoid suffering decades of grievances. The biggest fear is to be like my second aunt, who has worked hard all her life, and when she is in her fifties, the old man will cheat on her (suspected). Moreover, the heroine has devoted half her life enthusiastically, which is really tragic.
It's okay if the male protagonist doesn't have this mouth.
I got the divorce certificate! Celebrate!
I like Mr. Wen so much that I really know how to quarrel! How nice it is to have a friend who can quarrel! Yuan Mei should make more friends like this!
I thought the male protagonist scolded the female protagonist and made her cry, but it turned out that the female protagonist punched the male protagonist in anger and ran away crying? No, the supporting actress is acting like a princess. She got angry and hit the cabinet minister with an inkstone! Even the unfavored Emperor Ji would not dare!