[Healthy love matters, but twisted romance is even more exciting]
[A story about becoming emperor after losing the one he loved forever, left utterly miserable and alone]
The state of Qi is weakening and on the brink of collapse. In search of protection, fifteen-year-old Prince Yun Huai is sent to Jin as a hostage.
The Emperor of Jin holds a banquet for the envoys. At the palace feast, Yun Huai hears a clear, enchanting laugh:
"Young Master Yun is very much to my liking. Mother, please grant him to me, all right?"
He turns around and sees a smiling face.
His attendant tells him she is the Emperor of Jin's beloved daughter, the Third Princess of Jin.
Yun Huai lowers his eyes, his heart stirring.
*
Yun Huai serves Third Princess Ming Yan, devoting himself to her and caring for her in every way for ten years.
He takes arrows and tests poison for her, leaving his body covered in scars,
and plots and schemes on her behalf, spending half his life and all his effort.
He thinks he has found the love of his life and hopes to spend his days with Ming Yan. But she leads an army to destroy his homeland, slaughters all his relatives, then smiles at him as she holds up his father's head.
The blood in Yun Huai's veins runs cold. Facing the wind atop the city wall, he is nearly in despair, yet still cannot give up hope as he asks:
"If I jump, will you regret it?"
"Will you feel even the slightest sorrow?"
Yun Huai swears he will take revenge on her.
He will make Ming Yan suffer beyond endurance and regret everything.
No matter the cost.
*
For years, Ming Yan has been decisive and ruthless, never fearing retribution.
Yet after destroying an insignificant little kingdom, she receives the most frenzied and cruel revenge a man can devise.
*
[Reading Guide]
The female lead is not a virgin, while the male lead is.
The ending is happy for the female lead. Readers who are devoted to the male lead should enter with caution.
Theme: Better to shatter like jade than remain intact as a tile.
