[Possessive and Domineering]
Cui Lingyao was the most dignified empress in all the land.
But when she saw the face of the rebel leader below the city walls, her hand gripping her maid's arm suddenly trembled. The jade bangle she always wore slipped from her wrist and crashed to the ground. For the first time, she lost her composure in front of everyone.
Gazing at that face, so familiar it was etched into her very bones, her throat tightened and her eyes trembled.
It was Song Xun.
The heir of Prince Changning, a bloodthirsty man who would even trample the gods and Buddhas underfoot, and the Cui family's mortal enemy.
He was also the man who had deceived her with a false betrothal, kept her imprisoned at his side, and forced her to flee for her life.
She was a well-bred young lady from a prestigious family, gentle and affable, with eyes as warm as sunlight.
He was a twisted general, obsessive and cold-hearted, who believed in neither gods nor Buddhas.
They should never have crossed paths, yet a dark past bound them together in an unbreakable knot.
Three years ago, she let him escape, thinking she could put everything behind her for good.
Three years later, he marched on the capital with a vast army. Before her eyes, he slit someone else's throat, blood gushing out as it spattered his cheek. Through the flames of war, he laughed, cold and crazed:
"Your Majesty the Empress, it's been a long time. I do hope you'll come to my tent tonight so we can settle our old score."
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Song Xun despised the way the noble families mouthed benevolence and righteousness while acting like hypocrites. When he first met Cui Lingyao, he thought she was just another society lady skilled at putting on an act.
He concealed his identity and deliberately approached her, only to discover that she truly was an impeccable young lady of noble birth.
Later, she tore off his disguise. He used his power to coerce her, thinking she would obediently do as she was told. He never expected that the woman who had always been proper, dignified, gentle, and compliant would bare her fangs for the first time and leave him badly wounded.
It took him three years to rise to power, dominate the court, and command an army of his own.
Only after he heard that she had married and borne a son did he finally understand what it meant to be consumed by longing.
In the dead of night, her image kept returning to his mind.
This time, no matter what it took, he would tear her apart and make sure she could never escape his grasp again.
PS: 1. The female lead is not a virgin; the male lead is.
2. They genuinely loved each other in the beginning, but gradually become a couple who are bound by pure hatred. The male lead loves her more.
3. The male lead is genuinely a bad person, vicious and cruel.
Theme: He goes mad for her alone
