[I still really want to write a pseudo-incest story. I'm guilty. This should be my last book of 2026.]
In the thirty-third year of the Danning era, the former emperor died suddenly. All the evidence pointed to a girl who had just come of age: Princess Wuyang, who had been raised in the imperial palace and showered with affection since childhood.
That night, snow blanketed the forbidden palace, and blood ran down every step.
Before a great statue of Guanyin, the girl stood with her long hair falling over her shoulders, her waist slender and her skin pale as snow. The shackles on her hands and feet clinked as she moved.
Her body was frail as paper as she prostrated herself at the new emperor's feet.
At last, he could look down upon her beauty.
No one knew what a transgressive relationship these estranged siblings shared in private.
That night, desire flared. All propriety shattered, leaving only madness.
Afterward, the Crown Prince lowered his eyes and swallowed hard. Without a word, he held his tearful sister and kissed her, giving her a token of immense power.
An ironclad certificate of immunity.
No matter how terrible the crime, even treason and regicide, its bearer could be pardoned and spared.
Yet this audacious girl, who had toyed with his heart and body before casting him aside as worthless, did not beg for a chance to live. Instead, she pleaded for someone else.
"Your younger sister has committed a terrible crime and is no longer worthy of living. I ask only for death."
"Please, Imperial Brother, spare Prince Qin's life."
Prince Qin, the former emperor's fourth son and his half-brother.
In an instant, the young emperor's face turned as cold as iron.
-
#I will hate you with love in my heart, and make your crimes sound noble to everyone I meet#
"Have you found someone to take my place, Ya Ya?"
"I don't love you. I only pity you, Imperial Brother."
The heroine's childhood name is Wu Ya. She's an innocent, sweet girl with a gloomy yet youthful air.
The emperor is probably a supreme ruler who has his imperial schemes shattered by a single sentence from a shackled girl, reduced to a man who cannot have the one he loves, consumed by jealousy and madness.
Mmm.
Theme: I will pledge allegiance to no one.