The Emperor and Empress Forced to Become Enemies [Reborn]

★ Please add my similar novel, Reborn After Wrongfully Killing the Great General, to your favorites! Its blurb is at the very bottom. Here's the blurb for this story: A paranoid, cold-blooded (supposed) tyrant top x a gentle, jade-like (dark) saintly bottom / Everyone knows Rong Yun as a benevolent ruler in a time of turmoil, a man with the bearing of a celestial and unmatched virtue and talent, but unfortunately, he can't wage war. Opposing him is Xiao Heng, a tyrant who wages war relentlessly, looks down on everyone, and has conquered four kingdoms in succession. In a battle to defend the capital with no hope of victory, Rong Yun personally led his army to resist. He died, triggering a fierce counterattack by the enemy cavalry. Nine out of ten people in the city perished, and blood flowed like a river. Reborn, Rong Yun wants only to sacrifice himself for his country and spare its people. But the enemy suddenly sends a letter demanding surrender: unless Rong Yun agrees to become Emperor Chang Xiao Heng's husband, no one will survive. Rong Yun agrees anyway. He decides to endure humiliation for the greater cause, and one day eliminate Xiao Heng, even if Xiao Heng makes him a prince, teaches him to command troops and ride and shoot, and sucks poison from his wounds for him, even if he can no longer tell whether this act is real. Note: One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's one and only, happy ending. The characters are imperfect. The top is not a villain. The story is entirely fictional and unrelated to real history. ★ Blurb for Reborn After Wrongfully Killing the Great General: When Li Xu, emperor of Zhao, died, he kept dreaming of a man in black, tall and imposing, stained with blood from head to toe, as if a ghost or god. The man laughed in a voice that flickered between light and dark: "Your Majesty, do you regret killing me?" Li Xu regretted it. He regretted it with all his heart. That man had once been his most prized general, sweeping through the north of the Yangtze, pacifying Nanzhao, securing Shuofang... His achievements were unparalleled, but he was far too arrogant and unruly, repeatedly breaking the law, and in the end even colluding with foreign tribes to rebel! Li Xu was furious: The evidence was irrefutable. Fu Ying had to pay with his life. At the execution, Fu Ying offered no defense. A faint smile played on the lips that were usually so wild and unrestrained as he cast Li Xu a light glance. Who could have known that this single glance would become a thorn in Li Xu's heart, a demon he could not escape? After Fu Ying died, the Prince of Zhennan rallied rebels. Li Xu worked himself day and night until his old illness returned. As he lay dying, he dreamed again of Fu Ying, the man he'd killed with his own hands. "Why did you... betray me?" He asked again and again, but the man never answered. As he lay dying, Li Xu thought, if he could live again... he would make sure to find out for himself what had driven that man to do it. And he would use Fu Ying to root out the rebels, then decide what to do with the arrogant scoundrel. * Li Xu was reborn. This time, he resolved to feed the wolfhound first, then use one wolf to swallow another. He suppressed the hatred in his heart, appointed Fu Ying grand general, bestowed a courtesy name on him, helped him put on his robe and remove his armor, and treated him even better than he had in his previous life... No matter how insolent Fu Ying became, he endured it. But the more he did so, the more things went wrong. Until one day in the army tent, the grand general's hand slid onto his butt. Li Xu was about to slam the table and rise, but a hand clamped over his mouth. "Shh. We go into battle tomorrow. Your Majesty can't help me, and I'm afraid I won't be able to help Your Majesty either." Li Xu was so furious he could barely speak. The word "Kill" caught in his throat, and before he knew it, the man opposite had devoured him whole. At the victory banquet, Li Xu had only just suppressed his murderous intent when Fu Ying leaned close to his ear. "From what I saw yesterday, Your Majesty didn't seem to dislike it." Li Xu endured it. "Does Your Majesty look so angry because you want to kill me to punish me?" Li Xu: Well... it's not like I don't. In this life, Li Xu watched his realm expand and the lands grow peaceful on every side. He endured it again and again. In a bloody battle, Fu Ying suffered dozens of wounds, lost consciousness, and was carried back on his horse, wrapped in his armor. Li Xu shed genuine tears and knelt beside him, whispering a prayer: "If you live, I will do anything." The first thing Fu Ying said when he woke was, "Does Your Majesty mean that?" Li Xu: "..." He regretted it. At that moment, the foreign chieftain at his side chuckled. "A ruler's word is his bond. Your Majesty, it's too late to regret it." Theme: Kindness and perseverance are noble human virtues.