The Lover I Abandoned Ascended the Throne

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A Fallen Princess & the New Ruler of a Chaotic Age

Seven years ago, Ling Yan was a princess of great status in the Da Xuan dynasty, while Yin Xu was merely the son of a prominent family in Jinzhou.

She left Yanjing with her father and came to Jinzhou, where they stayed temporarily at the Yin residence.

Raised with every luxury and doted on by everyone, she couldn't stand Yin Xu's coldness. She made things difficult for him time and again, provoking him, but as they spent day after day together, she gradually fell for him.

When their feelings for each other were at their strongest, Ling Yan forgot that she had a fiancé. She once secretly asked him, “Will you always treat me this well?”

The handsome youth lowered his head to look at her and gently stroked her hair.

“If you wish it to be forever.”

As it turned out, she couldn't keep that promise.

The moment her fiancé, Song Yu, arrived in Jinzhou, she was terrified and tried to distance herself from Yin Xu. Then, when they were caught in danger in the snowy mountains, she pushed him off a sheer cliff to save Song Yu...

She never saw him again. She hurried back to Yanjing and married Song Yu. The fanciful dream she'd had as a girl slowly faded from her memory.

Who could have guessed that one day war would spread across the land and Yanjing would fall? The once noble princess became a refugee from a fallen kingdom, her fate as uncertain as a duckweed adrift on the water.

When they met again, he was now master of the entire realm.

The man who had once held her in the palm of his hand and treated her with tenderness now looked down at her with nothing but coldness and disgust.

Yin Xu was born into a powerful family, the only legitimate son of the Duke of Jin. Handsome and accomplished, with impeccable manners, he was admired by all.

At first, he thought he disliked the princess.

A brazen, shallow, headstrong woman could never be worth sparing a moment's thought for.

But he never expected that just as he was losing his heart to her, willing to humble himself for her sake, she would cruelly try to have him killed for her fiancé's sake.

Years later, he took control of Yanjing and ruled the realm.

At last, he found the princess who had abandoned him, her face filled with terror amid the unruly mob.

The longing and hatred that had burned in his chest for years surged toward her like a wildfire.

For many years, Yin Xu believed that he hated her more than anything.

But in the end, he realized that he loved and pitied her more than he hated her.

Reader's Guide:

1. A little angsty, with a bittersweet flavor.

2. Includes coercive pursuit and conquest.

3. The male lead is scheming, deeply twisted, and has a few unusual proclivities.

4. The male lead is sexually inexperienced; the female lead is not. Their perspectives in the synopsis differ.

5. Happy ending. More details may be added later.

Theme: Overcome force with gentleness