The Overpowered Hero Insists on Being My Darling Wife

Li Xuanli thinks Cui Ji is either out of his mind or possessed by a ghost.

Otherwise, she can't understand why Cui Ji, who was at daggers drawn with her just a few days ago, would swagger into the princess's residence and repeatedly insist that he wants to reform himself and become her virtuous, refined Prince Consort.

Just moments ago, Cui Ji was putting on an act. Now, in front of the princess's household retainers, he's flaunting the arrogance of a legitimate spouse, saying that once he becomes her Prince Consort, he'll enforce monogamy and sell off every one of these sycophants who use their looks to serve her.

Li Xuanli is certain that Cui Ji has gone mad.

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Li Xuanli is the Princess Qiguang of the current dynasty. The emperor has indulged her until she has become arrogant and overbearing, and everyone in Chang'an knows her scandalous reputation for keeping male lovers.

What people find most intolerable is that, relying on the emperor's favor, Li Xuanli dares to interfere openly in court affairs.

The officials shake their heads again and again. As a woman, Princess Qiguang ought to be gentle and deferential. How can she stand in the imperial court?

How can she do things only men are supposed to do? How dare Li Xuanli be so brazen!

So at a palace banquet, when the drunken emperor, swaying and muddled, says he will arrange a marriage for Li Xuanli, the civil and military officials see their chance and light up. In an instant, all the aristocratic young men in Chang'an either have someone in their hearts or suffer from a serious illness that flares up whenever they consider marrying Li Xuanli, despite their healthy complexions.

They think they're humiliating Li Xuanli, but when they look up, she sits smiling at the head of the hall, not taking them seriously at all.

Until Cui Ji steps forward with his head held high.

Li Xuanli, who had been enjoying the show, immediately furrows her brow. For the first time, she agrees with all the ministers: Cui Ji has definitely gone mad.

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As soon as Cui Ji opens his eyes, he knows he has returned to the year he was nineteen.

Several lifetimes ago, he transmigrated into Great Qi. By the age of fifteen, he was already making his mark at court, rising like a phoenix, and hailed as the Qilin son of the Boling Cui clan.

But just as he was riding high, Li Xuanli schemed against him and killed him, turning him into a pawn in the struggle for the throne. What he remembered most before he died was the deliberately innocent smile on Li Xuanli's face.

What a beautiful face, and what a wicked demoness.

Reborn for another life, Cui Ji treads as carefully as if walking on thin ice, only to be discarded once he is no longer useful. As he lies dying, he thinks of Li Xuanli again. She has made one wrong move and poisoned herself. Her eyes are so bright, so very bright.

Reborn once more, Cui Ji does everything he can to make trouble for Li Xuanli, finally defeating all her imperial brothers and earning the title of the person she hates most.

The princess and the minister have battled for years, until they meet their end on the same day.

Seeing that Li Xuanli's eyes at last contain only him, Cui Ji, pierced through the heart, can't help laughing triumphantly...

She has killed him, and he has harmed her. Their debts cancel out, and they are destined to be entangled in a tragic bond for lifetimes to come.

So Cui Ji thinks very seriously that helping Li Xuanli seize the throne is only natural.

Someone pretends to be kind and warns him that Princess Qiguang is ruthless, and once she ascends the throne, she will surely carry out a great purge. Cui Ji should find a way out for himself in advance.

Cui Ji smiles faintly, his bright and handsome face as fearsome as a demon from hell. "When Xuanli ascends the throne, I'll naturally be her empress, so she won't have to worry about what comes after her." His voice turns sweet. "Why would I need to find another way out?"

Theme: When will the troubles of this world ever end?