Only after dying did Su Rou learn that they had all been living inside a political intrigue novel.
The story's protagonist was Crown Prince Li Huaiyan. He wore the handsome face of a dignified and dependable man, but was actually ruthless, cunning, and far-sighted, playing everyone in the palm of his hand.
After seizing power, he was decisive and merciless, eliminating all the princes who had fought him for the throne.
The Su family had sided with the Third Prince's faction, and as a result, the whole family was convicted. Su Rou met a tragic end, dying of illness while being exiled.
When Su Rou opened her eyes again, she had returned to a time before any of it had happened.
Living a second life, she knew she couldn't oppose the crown prince. After cursing the black-hearted prince in private, she did everything she could to avoid the struggle for imperial power.
But fate had other plans. She ended up crossing the crown prince, and offending him even more badly than before.
The crown prince was not one to suffer an insult in silence. With a single imperial decree, Su Rou became a concubine in the Eastern Palace.
That night, the handsome and elegant crown prince came to her chambers.
His eyes fixed on her like a hawk sizing up its prey, and he asked with keen interest, "Didn't you say you were going to take my life? How are you going to do that from so far away?"
As Su Rou gazed at the crown prince, mad as a rabid dog, her heart sank.
She might die even sooner in this life.
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What Li Huaiyan hated most in life was betrayal. So when she turned against him, his first thought was to kill her and vent his fury.
But when she fell into his hands and looked at him with wide, tearful eyes, frightened and bewildered, he changed his mind.
He was the crown prince, the future emperor. There was nothing he could not have.
He wanted her to fear him, obey him, and submit to him, body and soul.
Later, everything went as he wished.
But perhaps even he did not realize that he was the one who had been tamed.
To the world, he was the heaven-blessed son admired by all. To her, he was willing to be her devoted servant.
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Theme: Dare to fight
