Vermilion Sand Behind the Curtain

Cruel, possessive regent x sweet, weepy young princess consort

Nan Rong Xiu is the all-powerful regent of Bei. In the eyes of outsiders, he is a ruthless killer, cold and vicious, but he grew up in the cold palace as a child.

He is the only son of the late emperor's favorite consort, yet from birth he was falsely accused of having impure blood, called a bastard, and brutally bullied by lowly eunuchs who trampled on his back.

After seizing power, he slaughtered everyone who had ever harmed him. He keeps the weak and incompetent young emperor in the palm of his hand, controlling everything with a flick of his wrist.

Just as everyone fears this ruthless regent, a strangely mannered woman fearlessly throws herself into Nan Rong Xiu's arms and cries, "Master, take me home."

At first, Nan Rong Xiu looks at her with disgust, because she is Qu Zhiyan, the daughter of his political enemy, a fallen young lady whose father, the prefect, was convicted of a crime and who has been reduced to a government courtesan.

He pushes the woman in his arms away and snaps, "Where did this little stray cat come from? Stay away from me!"

Zhiyan sways her hips, secretly wondering, "Could the master really be as cruel and uninterested in women as the rumors say?"

She can't remember her past. All she knows is that she was her master's pampered cat, Yan Rong. A set of memories belonging to the cat Yan Rong has appeared in her mind.

Perhaps because the amnesiac Zhiyan is so much like the cat Nan Rong Xiu once kept, she unwittingly touches the softest part of his heart. He takes the fallen prefect's daughter into his household.

The regent, who supposedly has no interest in women, is keeping a beauty hidden away? Nan Rong Xiu, who once said women and petty people were hard to deal with, is eating his words again and again.

On their wedding night, with the candlelight casting shadows, Nan Rong Xiu lifts Zhiyan's shy, rosy face and asks, "Do you really think you're a little stray cat?"

Zhiyan's eyes shimmer. "Does Your Highness dislike it?"

"I like it. But can you satisfy my needs?"

"Um... How about letting me try?"

The night breeze stirs the curtains. Her soft waist sways coquettishly, and a tempting vermilion mark appears between her brows. Nan Rong Xiu raises an eyebrow, then loses himself in the spring night's bed curtains.

[Reading Guide]

1. Fictional historical setting, HE, both leads are virgins, the male and female leads save each other, a domineering ancient-setting romance with sweet indulgence.

2. After being reborn with a cat's soul, the female lead loses her memories and can only recall the cat's memories for a while. She will regain her own memories later. There are no supernatural elements.

Theme: All living beings are equal