I Won't Give the Imperial Family a Single Grain of Rice

As empress, Xu Qingyan worked herself to the bone for the imperial family. She died suddenly at the age of twenty-five, and her body was left in the wilderness instead of being laid to rest in the imperial mausoleum.

Reborn, she swore she wouldn't give the imperial family even a single grain of rice. Just you wait: she would make sure they never knew a moment's peace!

She couldn't make much of an impact on her own, so she thought of that mad young prince, known as the disgrace of the imperial family. He was unhinged, eccentric, and impossible to tame, and had pulled off plenty of spectacular feats that infuriated the royals. They both hated and feared him.

Take that palace banquet, for example. The young prince dressed up as a noble lady and attended the feast, his hair styled in elegant coils and his robes flowing, every glance and movement utterly captivating. He was peerlessly beautiful, like a celestial maiden descended to earth. Not only did he enchant the imperial princes, the emperor himself was so smitten that he ordered a eunuch to find out which family the beauty belonged to, eager to bring her into his harem and dote on her day and night.

When the truth came out, the emperor was so furious he spat blood, while the consorts in the harem wanted nothing more than to strangle their brother-in-law!

In her previous life, Xu Qingyan had ruled the empire as empress and thought him utterly ridiculous. In this life, she could only think that such a marvelous person was a gift from heaven! She immediately packed her belongings and joined the faction of the man who had been her brother-in-law in her previous life, without a moment's hesitation!

#This time, you go crazy, and I'll go along with it

[Bonus Scene] During an argument between the couple, the young prince gripped Xu Qingyan's wrist, his eyes bloodshot, and demanded to know what she really thought of him!

Xu Qingyan had been drinking and was already angry. She said she thought of him as a mad dog that would bite you if you held it in your hands.

Xiao Qingchi smiled chillingly. "A mad dog?"

Xu Qingyan sobered up instantly and realized she'd misspoken, but it was too late.

Xiao Qingchi's expression darkened as he closed in on her step by step. "Then does the princess consort know that a mad dog never acknowledges an owner?"

That night, she was bitten all over by the mad dog she'd raised.

[Note] Both leads have only ever been with each other.

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