Beautiful young empress x unhinged crown prince
Stepmother-and-stepson romance | Forced possession | Two unhinged leads | Rivalrous pursuit
In the thirteenth year of the Jingzhao era, Empress Wang passed away, and the emperor appointed the young and dazzling eldest daughter of the Xue family, Xue Rou, as his new empress.
The entire court was thrown into an uproar.
The day Xue Rou entered the palace under rumors that she was a bewitching empress who would bring ruin to the kingdom, the harsh patter of rain had yet to cease.
As the entire hall knelt in reverence and cried, "Long live the empress!"
Crown Prince Ji Zeyu stood tall upon the raised platform, fixing her with a silent, sharp gaze that cut like a knife.
That night, the palace was hushed, its red-tiled roofs dim.
A tall figure slipped into the Jiaofang Palace and appeared before her damp, frightened eyes.
Amid the trembling candlelight, Ji Zeyu advanced step by step, gripping her chin. His voice was low and dangerous:
"When you were lonely and adrift, you once said you would bind your fate entirely to mine, and never leave me in this life..."
"A Rou, did you ever think about what happens to those who betray me?"
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In her youth, Xue Rou had no one to rely on. She once used her own body to win the favor of a noble, only to be imprisoned in his grasp and denied her freedom.
She struggled and schemed her way to the phoenix throne, believing she could leave behind her former humiliation and escape that man's grasp for good.
But after all the twists and turns, that noble scion turned out to be the crown prince of the current dynasty, Ji Zeyu.
So close, yet separated by their forbidden relationship, he was also an unfathomable abyss she had no choice but to face.
Thus, when the emperor died and the realm fell into turmoil, the shameless emperor of Wei asked to marry Xue Rou,
Xue Rou volunteered for a diplomatic marriage, to restore peace to the realm and escape the nightmare that had haunted her all her life.
Yet on her wedding day, she unexpectedly met a familiar pair of cold, deep-set eyes
The former crown prince, now the new emperor, Ji Zeyu, without the slightest hesitation, stabbed to death the man who was supposed to become her husband. Blood sprayed everywhere, staining the wedding hall.
Holding a bloodstained long sword, his splendid robes trailing behind him, he slowly approached her, like a blood-soaked specter crawling out of hell.
"A Rou, look. I told you... Even if you marry another man, you and I are destined to struggle to the death, bound together."
"You can't escape."
* One-on-one romance, the female lead has had other partners, while the male lead has not; happy ending.
* A stepmother-and-stepson romance between the empress and the crown prince. The female lead and the emperor are in a marriage of convenience, with no romantic storyline while her relationship with the male lead continues.
* The blurb may look melodramatic, but this is partly a story of healing.
* Two unhinged leads in a rivalry. The female lead is beautiful and cunning, and the male lead is even more unhinged. The characters are imperfect, so don't judge them by ordinary standards of morality.
* An avalanche of melodrama, written for fun. Please don't read too much into it. If this isn't your thing, definitely stay away.
Theme: As long as we love each other, we will be invincible.
