I'm the Femme Fatale

#Melodrama #ShockingTwists #TheHusbandChases-His-Wife-to-the-Crematorium#

The celestial master said that Ji Lanyou was born to be a calamity, destined to bring down three dynasties before she could escape her fate.

On the day the Great Fan Dynasty fell, the old emperor and his sons and daughters died with their country.

The downpour passed.

Ji Lanyou knelt inside the city gate and offered the imperial seal to the man on horseback.

"It is said that Princess Jingyue of the Great Fan Dynasty is peerlessly beautiful, the emperor's favorite among all his daughters and the apple of his eye." The man dismounted, his robes swishing. His voice was cool as he approached her step by step, sword in hand. "Yet you were born to bring disaster."

The sword rested against her slender, pale neck. The beauty knelt without moving, her voice breaking in the wind. "How can the fall of a dynasty be blamed on one woman?"

He ought to have disposed of this calamity from the fallen dynasty. But after studying the woman before him for a moment, his gaze deepened. He slowly lowered his sword and changed his mind.

He reached out to take the imperial seal, then suddenly covered the back of her hand with his. His grip was just firm enough to leave red marks on her snowy skin.

In a voice only the two of them could hear, he said, "I still need a woman by my side."

Blood streaked the black robes hanging before her, still carrying the stench of slaughter.

The beauty lowered her eyes, her raven lashes trembling. Her red lips moved lightly. "I am a fallen country's daughter, as frail as a willow... How could I ever catch a general's eye?"

He chuckled, helped her to her feet, and took off his black fox-fur cloak to drape over her. "Stay with me, and you will still be the apple of my eye, Princess."

Reader's Guide:

1. The heroine has a minor golden finger, and the world has light fantasy elements.

2. One couple throughout, happy ending.

3. An old-school mix of melodrama, angst, and sweetness.

4. The leads are not enemies because of their countries. There are secrets involved, but revealing them would be a spoiler, so read the story.

5. Please don't tell me if you drop the story.

Cover credits: Paigu Xiao Bao from Ink-and-Wash Egg White; Cha Xiaoluo and Bu Xing from Joy and Love.

Theme: Cherish peace.