Marrying a Madman (Reborn)

Scheming Fox x Unhinged Crown Prince

In her previous life, Pei Yi and Yan Sui were betrothed, though the factions they belonged to were bitter enemies.

She was the county princess of the Grand Princess's household, while he was the Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace.

He despised her. At palace banquets, he never once treated her kindly, and as soon as their wedding date was set, he left for the border with an army without looking back.

After he left the capital, her closest relatives framed her and had her thrown into prison. She endured brutal torture and died a miserable death. Her corpse was hung from the city tower until it rotted down to the bone.

The one who eventually collected and buried her remains was none other than her betrothed, the man she had met only a handful of times.

Reborn, Pei Yi took the initiative and walked into the Eastern Palace.

In this life, she would use his power to take revenge on the Grand Princess's household.

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When the daughter of his political enemy suddenly sought refuge in the Eastern Palace, Yan Sui initially thought it was a beauty trap and that he had to kill her to prevent future trouble.

Only later did he realize she was playing the pig to eat the tiger, and that she had been toying with him and the entire Grand Princess's household all along.

His subordinates feared the Grand Princess's household would use her to harm the Eastern Palace, and urged him to act quickly and eliminate the threat.

Yan Sui casually curled his lips. "Why kill her?"

"Wouldn't it be just as easy for me to slaughter the Grand Princess's household?"

He was willing to play along with her, marry her into the palace, give her power, and help her take revenge.

Until, in a moment of crisis, he risked his life to save her, only for her to stab him in the chest.

Later, on a stormy night, she wept, her cheeks flushed and her body trembling, as she begged him hoarsely to let her go.

He leisurely took her hand and pressed it against the wound on his chest, his smile as inscrutable as ever. "Since A Yuan has already tricked me into your hands, how can you abandon me after taking advantage of me?"

He was not her pawn, but her cage.

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1. Revenge, royal power struggles, every man in the male lead's family is unhinged. The leads have a sweet romance, while the supporting characters are trapped in bitter love and hatred.

2. The stabbing in the blurb has its reasons. The female lead is not the ungrateful sort.

3. Inspired by several dynasties in a fictional setting. Please don't scrutinize the history.

Theme: Good and evil are repaid in kind.