Falling for the Tyrant of an Enemy Kingdom

Emperor Yuanshou campaigned south, his forces unstoppable until the Southern Dynasty sent their princess and ceded territory to sue for peace.

The princess wore a scarlet wedding dress, red as blood. Her hands were bound, but her eyes brimmed with overwhelming resentment.

She said, "If your ruler weren't incompetent, the two commanderies of Youlan would never have fallen into your hands."

Emperor Yuanshou recognized her. She was the woman general who had led a hundred thousand soldiers in a desperate defense of Yumen Pass. Once, she had been a thorn in his side, but the Southern Dynasty had betrayed her, her family had abandoned her, and in the end she had been sent to a foreign land.

Cui Ningqing had given everything for her country and family, only to be betrayed and abandoned by them all.

When her life was in danger, her father, the emperor, withdrew the reinforcements and provisions, then pinned all the blame on her. Her mother treated her only as a stepping stone for her elder brother, casting her aside like trash.

Cui Ningqing's heart twisted and darkened. She cared about nothing but revenge. She held the weaknesses of her former family in her hands, taking pleasure in watching them live in fear day and night.

Sometimes, in the dead of night, she would realize how unrecognizable she had become. But she didn't care, and she had no regrets. She knew that the man who was her husband in name was a hundred times crazier than she was.

Xiao Jue had always felt something inexplicable toward Cui Ningqing. A princess as vibrant and uninhibited as her was someone he could never have become in his youth.

Until she was brought before him in chains, sent there by her own homeland. Her lips were blood-red, her eyes like flames. He sensed in her something akin to himself.

So he seized the opportunity without hesitation, drawing her into hell and tempting her to descend into darkness with him, until they were utterly corrupted.

Then he discovered that the more he learned about her, the more he liked her. Every time he uncovered one of her secrets, he would cover his eyes with a hand and burst into uncontrollable laughter, trembling all over.

When she stained her hands with blood for him, becoming ruthless and cruel, he felt pleasure deep in both body and soul. It was a shiver that reached his very core, making even his inscrutable eyes take on a neurotically tender look.

He wanted to devour her, or be devoured by her.

Two powerful, utterly unhinged leads. Both have no prior romantic or sexual experience.

Cover art: k

Theme: Repay kindness, and stay true to love and loyalty