After the Aloof Emperor Became Obsessed With Me (Reborn Twice)

[Please add my upcoming historical romances The Scheming Crown Prince Develops Designs on Me and After I Toyed with the Emperor and Cast Him Aside to your collection. My completed novel, The Emperor's Beloved Beauty (Reborn), is available in my author profile.]

[Blurb]

Rong Tang had a truly miserable death in her previous life.

The emperor was gravely ill, and she was summoned to the palace to bring him good fortune. Not only did she fail to save him, she also died in an accident before his spirit tablet.

When she opened her eyes again, Rong Tang realized she had returned to the year before she was summoned to bring the emperor good fortune. Before she could celebrate, an imperial decree suddenly arrived, naming her Noble Consort.

Remembering that in her previous life, after the emperor died, the new emperor had the entire Rong family arrested and punished, Rong Tang spent the night unable to sleep.

So, after entering the palace, she could only do everything she could to keep the emperor close, dining, riding, boating, and admiring flowers with him, all to make sure he stayed safe and lived a long life.

In the end, Rong Tang got her wish and successfully avoided the disaster of her previous life. She no longer had to spend every moment glued to him.

But then she suddenly noticed that the emperor, once so cool and distant, had begun following her everywhere, clinging to her so relentlessly that she couldn't get away.

Unable to handle it, Rong Tang had no choice but to gently try to dissuade him.

Xiao Lin looked at her. "Does the Noble Consort not want me to spend more time with you?"

Rong Tang: "..." But she really couldn't keep up with this day-and-night "companionship"!

*

Xiao Lin ascended the throne as a youth. He was reserved and self-controlled, never showing his emotions.

After he died in his previous life, his soul drifted in the air and saw that Rong Tang alone in the palace was utterly heartbroken, and had even followed him in death.

His usually cold, lonely heart stirred.

Reborn, Xiao Lin initially only wanted to honor her deep devotion by granting her the title of Noble Consort.

Later, her radiant smile softened his heart, little by little, until he was lost in her. He began letting himself indulge her and favor her without restraint.

At last, he joyfully brought her the imperial edict naming her empress, hoping to promise her a lifetime together.

At the height of their passion, Xiao Lin unexpectedly learned the truth about the past.

It turned out that her so-called "death from grief" in her previous life had been a misunderstanding caused by a twist of fate.

Her supposed devotion to him had only been an act. Her feelings were false, not genuine.

For the first time, the emperor, supreme ruler of the realm, experienced the pain of wanting something he could not have.

It pierced his heart and kept him tossing and turning.

*

On a rainy night, candlelight flickered in the dim room beneath the low-hanging gauze curtains. The usually cool and taciturn emperor held Rong Tang in his arms. His fingertip slowly traced her lips before he bent down to kiss away the tears at the corners of her eyes.

"Tangtang, I want to hear you say it yourself."

"Do you love me or not?"

#From winning herself over to winning her over#

*Reader's guide:

1. Both leads are reborn. They are both virgins in both lives, and this is a one-on-one romance. The male lead has no harem.

2. No palace intrigue. A lighthearted palace-set marriage-first, love-later sweet romance where affection grows over time.

3. Fictional setting with many creative liberties. Please don't scrutinize the details.

[Upcoming historical romance The Scheming Crown Prince Develops Designs on Me: an unrelated adopted-sibling romance]

Princess Fu Ciying of Jianing was gentle and elegant, delicate and lovely, with a beauty as captivating as a lotus swaying in the breeze.

She was an orphan from a military family. Her parents died when she was young, so the emperor and empress took pity on her and adopted her as a princess, raising her in the palace.

In the unfamiliar palace, the older brother who was two years her senior became the person she depended on most.

They said the crown prince was as cold and distant as the moon in the sky, difficult to approach. But in Fu Ciying's eyes, her elder brother was always as gentle and indulgent as a spring rain.

So he was always the first person she confided in.

For instance, she wanted to find a suitable future husband for herself at the flower-viewing banquet.

After listening to her, the crown prince smiled faintly and promised, "Don't worry. Your elder brother will find you the finest man in the world."

*

Crown Prince Pei Yao was self-disciplined and courteous, a man of noble character. He looked after his adopted younger sister in every way and granted her every wish.

Knowing his sister was old enough to choose a husband, he followed the emperor and empress's instructions and arranged a selection of impeccable suitors for her.

However, when Pei Yao saw Fu Ciying chatting happily with a young man, her eyes and brows full of the shy smile of a girl falling in love for the first time, an all-consuming blaze of jealousy suddenly rose in his heart.

Why should the younger sister he had raised with his own hands marry someone else?

What man in the world could possibly be better than him?

No one understood them better than they understood each other. He and A Ying were meant to be together.

*

Fu Ciying thought she and Pei Yao would always be devoted siblings. But one day, she awoke from a dream, though she should have been fast asleep, and was startled to feel warmth and dampness on her fingertips.

Her elder brother was leaning over her bedside, kissing each of her fingers one by one, his eyes filled with undisguised desire.

As if struck by lightning, she was at a loss and could only hope that the man she loved would soon ask for her hand.

But her feelings became known to her elder brother.

Outside the hall, rain poured down. Inside, the candles went out. Fu Ciying watched helplessly as Pei Yao, his face dark, approached her step by step.

"A Ying, you're always so naive." Pei Yao lifted her chin, speaking with a soft laugh. "Do you think I'd let you marry someone else?"

"Elder Brother!" she cried in panic. "I already have someone I love. Besides, we're siblings."

"Is that so?" He chuckled, rubbing her lips with his fingertip, his breath scorching. "My little sister has always been so innocent. How could she know what love is? You must have been deceived by someone."

"Clearly, we are the closest people in the world to each other."

"I've never wanted to be only your elder brother."

*Reader's guide:

1. Both leads are virgins. They are unrelated adopted siblings. A gentle, resilient, somewhat oblivious heroine x a scheming, possessive male lead. A healing little sweet romance.

2. The leads are not related by blood, have never been listed on the same imperial genealogy, and everyone knows it.

3. A story written to satisfy my own tastes.

4. Blurb revised on August 22, 2025.

Theme: My fate is mine to decide, not heaven's.