A Happily Ever After With a Mad Villain

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[Delicate, Black-Lotus Female Lead vs. Cunning, Devoted Male Lead] (Marriage Before Love / Substitute / Two Powerful Leads)

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[Blurb]

(Growth story of a beautiful, strong, tragic female lead and a love-struck, mad male lead)

The female lead is strong-willed, tough, and skilled in combat. The male lead is ruthless, unhinged, and loves to turn the table over.

Lovers who fight as fiercely as they love | Reunion after a long separation | Mutual salvation | Empress

1.

The heir to the throne of Yi has a secret guard, a woman who disguises herself as a man and goes by A-Qi. They grew up together, and she treats him as the center of her world.

In their third year stranded in Rong, A-Qi says she has met a playboy. His motives are unknown, and he seems suspicious.

But the moment she sees him, she smiles brilliantly.

As the heir plots his comeback, A-Qi carries on helping him as always. Then the playboy comes to him of his own accord, proposing a deal.

With an inside-outside conspiracy, reclaiming the throne will be as easy as turning over a hand. He has already decided to make her his queen.

But she says, "I am Chu Shunying. I'm no longer your A-Qi. I want to leave these palace walls and see the vast world beyond, to live as myself."

2.

Fu Xun is the illegitimate son of a Rong royal and was born into disgrace. He has three great concerns in life:

First, the ruler suspects his elder brother.

Second, Rong is weak and repeatedly attacked by Yi.

Third, a woman named A-Qi.

The first is easy enough: kill the ruler and put his brother in his place.

The second and third can be dealt with together: support the heir to Yi, who is living in exile, then marry the girl A-Qi at his side and seal an alliance through marriage.

3.

Shunying is a superb martial artist, so Fu Xun gives her a peerless blade. Shunying yearns for freedom, so Fu Xun wants to take her and flee to a distant place.

But a king's ambitions have been brewing for a long time, worsening relations between the states and turning their personal fates upside down.

Shunying turns away without hesitation. "I choose my country and its people."

Only when she holds the blade he gave her and plunges it into his heart without the slightest hesitation does he finally realize: the person he has been infatuated with for years is his lifelong enemy.

Reader's Guide:

1. There will be angst along the way, but it has a happy ending! Happy ending! Happy ending!

2. The female lead is fiercely ambitious. The male lead is a mad, black-lotus schemer; the second male lead is possessive, brooding, and twisted; the third male lead is sweet on the surface but dark underneath.

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Content Warnings:

1. The female lead is not sexually inexperienced, while the male lead is.

2. The female lead is somewhat conditioned by emotional manipulation early on.

3. The female lead's career arc overlaps with the second male lead's early in the story, so he has a lot of scenes at first, but his role drops off dramatically later.

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[Blurb]

1.

Princess Meng Shuyao is spoiled into arrogance by the ruler's affection. She is also bright and beautiful, and tales of her romantic exploits are on every street corner.

When she comes of age to choose a husband, foreign nobles, sons of distinguished families, and promising young officials gather at a literary salon. They are put off by her reputation and temperament, yet all covet her immense wealth.

Meng Shuyao points with her jade-white hand. "I'll take him."

Everyone breathes a sigh of relief, only to feel resentful. Why Xiao Yin?! He's a lowborn son, famous for being idle and good for nothing.

Xiao Yin sincerely asks, "What do you like about me, Princess? I'll change it."

She answers succinctly: "Your face."

Only later does he realize that his face really is the only thing she likes about him. It looks just like the man she loves but cannot have.

2.

Xiao Yin is of low birth and only wants a peaceful life. So he keeps a low profile, time and again, hiding his considerable talents and even working to help others succeed.

But everyone around him is more trouble than the last, and then he meets Meng Shuyao, a two-faced woman with a black heart. Every time they meet, she tricks him, and drags him deeper into the trap of becoming her husband.

At first, he thinks of her as a client. She speaks softly and treats him with tenderness.

Later, he falls for her and struts around like a peacock, but he's flirting with someone who can't see it.

Then, just as he's about to lose interest, she knocks on his door in the middle of the night. "I'm cold."

3.

He's like a male fox, smiling brightly while schemes fill his mind.

When foreign nobles covet her, he says a few words and has them sent back home!

When political enemies secretly trip her up, he smiles pleasantly and has them thrown in prison!

By day, he follows her orders from behind the scenes, fights political enemies, builds alliances, and takes the blame. By night, he eats, drinks, and has fun with her, washes her underskirts, and warms her bed.

At first, he asks with dark circles under his eyes, "Do you only bully me?"

In the end, he says with red-rimmed eyes, "You're only allowed to bully me!"

Reader's Guide:

1. One-on-one. The male lead is sexually inexperienced, and the female lead is not.

2. Mostly sweet and satisfying, with a little angst along the way. Happy ending!

3. The male lead is gentle and cunning, the second male lead is aloof and admired, and the third male lead is a bickering romantic rival.

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Content Warning:

1. The female lead is somewhat of a heartbreaker early on.

Theme: Reject emotional manipulation, seek yourself, and strive for freedom, equality, and peace.