Forcing Her to Marry Again

Core trope: coercive possession (a resilient beauty and a deranged crown prince)

In the second month of spring, Lu Zhen, the eldest son of the Prince of Liang, returned to the capital after guarding the border. Among the crowd there to welcome him stood Shen Yuanjin, silent and still.

The young woman before him had brows like verdant peaks and eyes as dark as lacquer, her beauty bright and peerless. She was the niece of a concubine in his father's household, who had come seeking refuge there.

What a pity for someone of such humble origins to have such a lovely face. Lu Zhen thought so, yet he could not tear his gaze away from her.

Time flew, and several months passed in a flash. After her wedding, Shen Yuanjin accompanied her husband, Lu Yun, to visit the Prince of Liang's estate. In a secluded spot where no one else was around, Lu Zhen caught sight of the couple behaving intimately and boldly behind a flowering tree. The riot of colorful blossoms all around suddenly seemed to sting his eyes...

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In the first year of Zhaoping, the Prince of Liang raised an army, ascended the throne, and appointed his eldest son, Lu Zhen, crown prince. That November, Shen Yuanjin braved the wind and snow to seek an audience at the Eastern Palace, hoping to save her husband, who had been imprisoned.

Inside the palace hall, the light and shadows flickered. Lu Zhen stood with his hands behind his back, his scorching gaze fixed on Shen Yuanjin's lovely face. "After today, go to the Dali Prison and have Lu Yun sign the divorce papers."

After that night, Lu Zhen began spending night after night outside the palace. Behind the gauze curtains, the young woman lay with her hair disheveled, tears glistening in her eyes.

The following year, on the day the Eastern Palace selected its consorts, an attendant hurried in to report that the woman from the detached residence had vanished while praying at a temple...

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From the eldest son of the Prince of Liang to crown prince, Lu Zhen had won countless military honors, and everything had gone his way. Only when Shen Yuanjin married Lu Yun did he learn what it felt like to be consumed by longing.

So what if she was already another man's wife? He had managed to secretly bring about their marriage back then, and now he could just as easily destroy it.

1. The heroine will only begin a romance or have intimate interactions with the hero after ending her relationship with her ex-husband.

2. This story is full of coercive possession. Please think twice before reading if that's not for you.

3. The hero is sexually inexperienced.

Theme: Love is built on freedom and equality.