Blurb:
Princess Rong Ying of Pingyang was showered with favor and possessed incomparable beauty, yet she fell for Pei Huaiyu, a scholar who had come to the capital to sit the imperial examinations.
She had him brought to her side, eager to lay all the world’s treasures at his feet.
But Pei Huaiyu was a stone. No matter how Rong Ying tried to charm and please him, he remained unmoved.
Three years later, the emperor died, and the ninth prince ascended the throne.
Rong Ying fell from favor overnight and was confined to the Princess’s Residence.
She had offended many people in the past, and now it seemed everyone wanted to take advantage of her misfortune and finish her off.
It was then that Pei Huaiyu left.
No matter how Rong Ying tried to make him stay, he walked out of the Princess’s Residence without looking back, entered the imperial court, and became one of the most powerful figures in the capital.
-
While imprisoned in the Princess’s Residence, Rong Ying had heard the cruelest words in the world and endured the malice of countless people.
The instant she was pushed into the lake, she thought that dying might be for the best.
Who could have guessed that when she opened her eyes again, she would have “lost her memory”?
The room was bitterly cold, bleak and empty. A slender, delicate young man came in from outside carrying a bowl of medicine. His eyes curved into smiles, and dimples appeared faintly at the corners of his mouth.
Rong Ying tilted her head and asked, “Who are you?”
After a moment of stunned silence, he pressed a warm spoon to her rosy lips. The possessiveness in his eyes was astonishingly intense. “I am your consort.”
Later, Rong Ying was released from confinement and regained the emperor’s favor.
Only then did everyone learn that Xie Weining, Pei Huaiyu’s friend and the other half of the capital’s famed pair of beauties, had become the Princess of Pingyang’s new favorite.
Watching Xie Weining take the place he had once held, Pei Huaiyu, who had always treated others with warmth and restraint, felt the urge to kill for the first time.
[Reading Guide]
A groveling ex tossed into the fire, a messy love rivalry between men, the second male lead takes the top spot
Screenshot dated 2023/10/9
Theme: The next one will be better
