Seizing what you want by any means | The powerful one bows his head | The long road to winning her back
Delicate white-flower princess x aloof, dangerous crown prince (pretending to be gentle) 💛
Everyone said Xie Wantang was blessed by good fortune. The orphaned daughter of a prince with a different surname, she was adopted by the royal family as their own. She had the emperor's favor, and her fiancé was young and promising.
But behind Xie Wantang's glamorous life lurked a shameful secret.
At her engagement banquet, she got drunk and slept with her adoptive brother Xie Yunchun, the crown prince.
After that night, under the pretext that the princess needed to recuperate, she was trapped in the Eastern Palace, stripped of her hairpins and kept as his caged bird.
Jiang Jin was cold by nature, but took particular pleasure in tormenting her in bed. After enduring his abuse, she finally seized her chance when he went south and hurriedly begged her father, the emperor, to arrange her marriage to her fiancé. She escaped that madman.
*
In her first month as a bride, her husband was as gentle and kind as the rumors had claimed. Every day he went out to bring her pastries. When she had nightmares, he held her and soothed her, his warm hand passing over her damp temples like a spring breeze.
"Wantang, don't be afraid. Your husband will always be here with you."
Their affection grew deeper by the day. The only thing that marred their happiness was that her husband always wore a mask, day and night. Even when they shared a bed, he covered her eyes, never letting her see his face.
"I have a scar on my face. I don't want to frighten you."
His voice was gentle and apologetic. Xie Wantang was deeply moved.
"Your looks don't matter. I'll love you no matter what you look like."
She searched everywhere for famous doctors to treat him, intent on living happily with her husband. She had almost forgotten that nightmare from her past.
But their happiness didn't last. In the second month after she married into the Xu family, she noticed something was wrong.
Her husband smiled as he spoke of his facial scar, but when they were alone, his presence was cold and murderous.
The neighbors said he was kindhearted and owned nothing, yet Xie Wantang saw him wield a long sword and brutally slaughter an entire household.
Before marriage, he had been proper and restrained. Afterward, he demanded her all night long. Beneath the red bed curtains, the man's icy gaze lingered obsessively on the side of her neck, biting it until it was covered in bruises.
"They're just a couple of ants. Why are you so frightened, darling?"
"Didn't you once say you'd love me no matter what?"
Xie Wantang panicked. She was terrified. The second time she caught him slaughtering a household, she decided to run.
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After setting fire to the home she'd once shared with him, Xie Wantang gathered her clothes and left the capital in the dead of night. But before the boat could reach Jiangnan, a crowd surrounded it.
She looked up in alarm and saw a familiar figure standing in the firelight. Her once considerate and gentle husband wore a prince's robe, and his voice had become that of a completely different person.
"Where do you think you're going, little sister?"
When the face beneath the mask was revealed, she realized that throughout those two months of absurd married life, the man in her bed had been her adoptive brother, the very person she'd tried so hard to escape!
Later, in a dark room, Xie Wantang's hair was damp and disheveled. Feverish, uncontrollable kisses covered her neck, and a gold chain stayed wrapped around her wrist, day and night.
"Is marrying someone else better than being my crown princess?"
"You like him? How about I cut off his head and give you a wedding present?"
Delicate white-flower younger sister x aloof, mad older brother
A little seizing by any means, a little long road to winning her back, but overall, it may be a sweet romance
The male lead killed off the bridegroom before the wedding
Also, the heroine isn't on the family register, so they're not blood-related.
First version of the blurb posted on 2026.05.05, screenshot saved.
Theme: Siblings getting along harmoniously
