His Majesty Has Been Plotting to Win Me Over for Ages

[The Emperor Steals His Minister's Wife / Coercive Possession / Amnesia / Atonement]

Ban Ying woke one day to find that she had lost her memory.

The peerlessly handsome emperor sat beside her bed. He reached out as if to touch her soft cheek, then restrained himself and drew his hand back. His eyes seemed full of sorrow as he asked, "A Ying, I am your husband. Have you forgotten?"

Surrounded by golden halls and jade towers, with carved railings and painted beams, she was cherished like a delicate flower within the towering palace walls, cut off from the outside world.

Gifts arrived in the palace in a steady stream, and precious medicinal herbs were all bestowed upon her. He gently coaxed her in bed, recounting how they had met on a spring day and pledged their love beneath the moon in autumn.

Ban Ying thought the emperor must treat her very well.

Every day, the emperor personally helped her take her medicine. Ban Ying hated its bitterness, but drank it all down in hopes of recalling her past with the emperor as soon as possible.

Until one day, in the imperial garden, she chanced upon a handsome young man.

He gripped her hand tightly, his eyes filled with indignation. "A Ying, the emperor actually made you lose your memory..."

"I am your real husband..."

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Ji Sheng was a young and promising emperor, yet he left his harem empty, as though he had long since renounced worldly desires and become devoid of emotion.

That is, until he saw a beautiful woman holding a peony at a banquet.

She was the wife of the Longxi Military Governor.

Couple: A calculating emperor with a sweet exterior vs. a gentle but strong-willed minister's wife

[Reader's Guide]

1. The emperor steals his minister's wife / coercive possession / amnesia / atonement. The main couple are both sexually inexperienced, 1v1, happy ending.

2. The male lead is a real jerk at first, building the female lead a Truman Show-style world. All the potential triggers are in the blurb. Later, the female lead will teach him how to behave, and he will definitely graduate at the top of his class from the School of Proper Conduct for Husbands.

3. The female lead is weak at first, but has a tremendously strong core. She doesn't overthink things and has principles, and she will grow over the course of the story. The second male lead is no good, and the female lead has no romantic feelings for him.

4. This really is a melodramatic hotchpotch. The setting is fictional, and the characters' values do not represent the author's.

5. The blurb was saved with a screenshot as evidence on August 25, 2024.

Theme: Love built on mutual respect