After Faking My Death, the Emperor Ex-Husband Took Me by Force

(Chasing-the-wife-to-the-crematorium, forced possession, a love born of bitter hatred)

In the seventh year of their marriage, the union between Guan Mingyue and Chu Wangshu, emperor and empress, finally reached its end.

She hated him for being cold and faithless. He had once promised to love only her, but ever since ascending the throne, he had continually brought new women into his harem, each more delicate than the last.

He, in turn, was fed up with her for not knowing how an empress ought to behave. She acted like a madwoman at the slightest provocation and refused to treat his children kindly.

At last, after Chu Wangshu favored a newly arrived consort and Guan Mingyue made a scene in his bedchamber, Chu Wangshu could take no more. He issued an order on the spot to have Guan Mingyue sent to the cold palace.

That day happened to be the exact seventh anniversary of their wedding.

Guan Mingyue smashed the token that had sealed their love right in front of Chu Wangshu.

Later, a great fire engulfed the cold palace, and Empress Guan Mingyue perished in the flames.

Everyone in Great Chu knew that the emperor disliked the empress most of all. Her death was of no consequence.

But no one could have imagined that when he learned Guan Mingyue had died, the dignified, aloof emperor would go mad and rush into the sea of flames to look for her, heedless of the danger.

Chu Wangshu hated Guan Mingyue with all his heart. He hated her for setting herself on fire, hated her for leaving him behind and going just like that. His hatred kept him awake at night, and turned his hair white before its time.

It was not until the third year after Guan Mingyue's death that Chu Wangshu traveled south of the Yangtze. One night, revisiting a familiar place, he went to the riverside where he and Guan Mingyue had first pledged their love. By chance, he saw a young couple kissing.

"A Yue, A Yue," the man murmured, his voice full of tender affection.

Chu Wangshu was about to leave when the woman turned her face toward him. She had Guan Mingyue's face, right down to the beauty mark between her brows.

At that moment, Chu Wangshu's eyes reddened with hatred.

Coming soon: The Marquis's Wife Refuses to Become an Imperial Consort

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(Forced possession, a love born of bitter hatred, the powerful bowing their heads)

Dignified, noble marquis's widow x ruthless, unhinged emperor

Everyone knew that Lu Wanqing, the widowed wife of the Marquis of Shou'an, lived in the marquis's estate and had shared a deep bond with the late marquis. She would surely remain chaste for the rest of her life.

But then an imperial edict ordered her to enter the palace as a consort, and Lu Wanqing became the laughingstock of the entire capital.

Because of her involvement with the emperor, everyone in the capital mocked her and questioned her virtue.

Lu Wanqing would rather die than comply, but her husband's clan members kowtowed and begged her to go. Even her parents came to plead with her.

Looking at her parents, trembling as they pressured her to enter the palace, Lu Wanqing smiled helplessly. In the end, she was the one who had dragged her family down with her.

In the tenth year of Emperor Wu's reign, Lu Wanqing, who had been in the palace for only three months, accidentally fell from a building and died at the age of twenty.

After Lu Wanqing's death, her reputation took a complete turn. Everyone in the capital praised her as chaste and gracious, a model of virtue and self-restraint for noblewomen!

When Xie Linxuan heard that the wife of the Marquis of Shou'an in the capital had shared a deep bond with her late husband and had remained faithful to him after his death, he bestowed upon her the honorific "Duan."

One day, Xie Linxuan, traveling incognito, happened to catch sight of a peerlessly beautiful face. His heart stirred, and a smile appeared on his lips.

The newly enfeoffed Earl of Shou'an went pale and dropped to his knees in alarm. "Your Majesty, forgive us. My widowed sister-in-law lives in seclusion at home. She did not know Your Majesty would be visiting today and has offended you."

The emperor's expression turned sharply severe. The courtyard fell as silent as the grave.

Later, in the south of the Yangtze, Lu Wanqing, dressed as an unmarried young woman, stared fearfully at the man standing before her.

She shielded her child, trembling all over.

Xie Linxuan's imperial eyes were frosty, his authority weighing down on all around him. He reached out and pulled the woman's slender waist toward him, feeling her tremble.

"If you won't be a proper consort, then how about being my maid instead?"

Cold iron closed around Lu Wanqing's slender wrists. Tears welled in her eyes, and she fainted in terror.

Reading guide:

The heroine fakes her death. Expect melodrama and forced possession.

One-on-one romance, both leads have had no other partners.

Theme: Tear it down before building anew, and live as your true self!