After the Man I Played with Ascended the Throne

Everyone said that Princess Li Lingzhang of Yun'an was domineering, eccentric, and insane.

Though she was already betrothed, she abducted Pei Yuanhuan, the son of her future husband, brought him to her residence, made him drink an aphrodisiac, and forced him to share a bed with his "stepmother."

The news spread, and the whole city was in an uproar.

Overnight, Pei Yuanhuan was abandoned by everyone, cast out by his clan, and reduced to a laughingstock.

Naturally, the marriage was called off.

With nowhere else to go, Pei Yuanhuan had no choice but to stay in the princess's residence as her lover.

Li Lingzhang clapped her hands. "I don't have to marry an old man, and I get a handsome lover. Wonderful!"

But after only a few months, Pei Yuanhuan was driven out of the princess's residence and disappeared without a trace.

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Later, the kingdom fell, and the emperor was overthrown overnight. To everyone's shock, Pei Yuanhuan became the new emperor.

Everyone said Li Lingzhang was as good as dead. She thought so too.

The former imperial clan had her bound and delivered to the imperial palace. As she watched the man approach her step by step, she gritted her teeth and said,

"If you're going to kill me, then do it. Make it quick."

Pei Yuanhuan sneered and caressed her lovely face.

He bent down, covering her with scorching, lingering kisses. His voice was dark and menacing as he whispered in her ear,

"Princess, why the rush? We have all the time in the world to settle our score..."

From then on, a small sedan carried Li Lingzhang into the emperor's bedchamber every night. She became Pei Yuanhuan's hidden bedmate, with no place in the light of day.

To fall from a proud princess to a nameless, unacknowledged concubine was the height of humiliation!

But for the sake of her clan's lives, and because she was the one in the wrong to begin with, Li Lingzhang gritted her teeth and endured it.

Until one night, Li Lingzhang accidentally stumbled into a secret chamber.

The walls were covered with portraits, every one of them depicting her.

In the earliest painting, she was dressed in finery and riding a horse, bright and bold. It was dated to the day she came of age.

Li Lingzhang was horrified.

She had not even met Pei Yuanhuan when she came of age.

A carefree, spoiled princess x a hypocritical, possessive male lead

Theme: Today's consequences come from yesterday's actions. Choose each step of life's path with care.