Learning to Be Unhinged from the Crown Prince

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[Kind-hearted on the outside, venomous within, fiercely protective noblewoman x fake gentleman, genuine madman, noble prince who begs for love]

The court was a place of shifting tides and hidden schemes.

When the winds of fate changed, Yuan Jining, the eldest legitimate son of the Duke of Ying's household, led thirty thousand Dragonblood soldiers to defend the country. He died on the frontier, bringing glory to his entire family, and Yuan Lingyi was granted a marriage to the crown prince as his principal wife.

But she could not believe that her brother and the Dragonblood soldiers had been wiped out so easily.

Carrying a heart full of hatred and a belly full of sorrow, she left for three years. She gathered followers, won the people's support, and forged herself into a woman of iron will and a venomous heart.

At last, the truth was within reach, and the grievances of thirty thousand dead souls would soon be avenged. But when the fog cleared, Yuan Lingyi saw the man she held dearest, facing her with sword in hand amid the flames of war.

"If you want the throne, Your Majesty, I will bare my neck and accept my death, clearing the way for you."

Gao Zhao's point of view:

I was born sickly and alone. I became famous as a child and held power while still young, but no one loved me.

Your face is as kind as Guanyin's, and you show compassion to all. Why can't you love me?

If you hate me, please don't get angry and harm your health. I'll bare my neck and accept my death, begging for your mercy.

Little Scene 1.0:

Time: During a devastating epidemic

Place: The freezing cold of Yilou

Director: Gao Zhao

Starring: Yuan Lingyi and Gao Zhao

Yuan Lingyi: You were born weak. Do you have a death wish?

Gao Zhao: What are you saying, wifey? What does life or death matter? I can't be at ease when I can't see you.

Yuan Lingyi: Feeling touched.

Gao Zhao: Wifey, don't get touched just yet. I secretly mobilized troops, grain, and medicine to save you. My father suspects I'm planning a rebellion. I might be done for when I get home...

Little Scene 2.0

Time: Spring, when all things revive and love is in the air

Place: The scenic lands of Jiangnan

Director: Gao Zhao

Starring: Yuan Lingyi and Gao Zhao

Yuan Lingyi: I want this land, those fields, and that estate.

Gao Zhao: Done!

Yuan Lingyi: But they won't give them to me!

Gao Zhao: Then kill them all...

Yuan Lingyi: But what will you do when we return to the capital?

Gao Zhao: It's fine! As long as you're happy, let's kill my brother to entertain you!

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Pseudo-incest / coercive love / taking by force / faking death and vanishing / emperor steals his minister's wife / wife-chasing crematorium

[Cool-headed, resilient white flower x dark, twisted, truly mad man]

Su Wan had no memories.

When she woke, a man who claimed to be her husband told her she was his wife and that they lived in this little village, farming and weaving, self-sufficient.

But the more she thought about it, the stranger it seemed. Her husband was elegant and noble, while she was delicate and frail. How could they possibly be farmers?

Yet her husband's affection seemed genuine.

Then one day, a mass of imperial guards stormed their little home. As swords pressed against her, a young man lifted her chin and whispered in her ear.

"Big sister, where do you think you're running?"

For some reason, a nameless terror swept through her. She trembled, unable to look at him.

Then her memories came flooding back.

She was Su Wan, and also Yuan Ran.

She was an orphan adopted by the Duke of Ying's household, and Princess Anyang, raised by the Empress Dowager herself.

She had been cautious and obedient since childhood, never daring to make the slightest mistake, yet somehow she had drawn the attention of the emperor himself.

As a child, she had carefully tried to please him, only to be met with cruel words.

When she was older, she had sincerely defended him, only to be punished with brutal torture.

The root of all her misfortune was her love for the man who was, in name, her maternal uncle.

She had guarded this secret carefully, but he discovered it by accident.

In his eyes, she was filthy and debased, a violator of moral order, an abomination!

But Heaven showed her mercy. Her uncle loved her, cherished her, and treasured her.

He defied the imperial family, sent her out of the palace, and gave her a new identity as Su Wan.

Two people in love overcame every obstacle and were finally united.

But it was all a dream. The heavens were blind, and he ultimately destroyed the happy life she had found.

The younger brother of old had become the supreme ruler.

He disregarded the realm and the entire court, issuing an imperial edict that branded her loyal, righteous husband a rebel and her a criminal's wife.

Overcome with terror, she was pinned to the bed by the young emperor, whose words whispered in her ear like a demon's: "Big sister, you belong to me alone."

The male lead's point of view:

I have an older sister.

A commoner's filthy bloodline, yet she was allowed into the imperial ancestral hall and received all of Mother's love.

The more careful and proper she was, the more I wanted to bully and humiliate her. I wanted Mother to know she was nothing but a worthless plaything.

My plaything.

But one day, that plaything escaped and brazenly married our uncle.

Our uncle.

If that's the case, then I'll bring you into the harem to be my older sister.

My older sister in my bed...

But you faked your death and fled the palace.

You didn't care that my heart was shattered, that I risked death again and again, or that I offered my blood to change your fate.

You would rather give up everything and flee with him to the ends of the earth, living as a devoted couple!

Then why should I care about your feelings?

Big sister, stay with me, locked inside these palace walls!

Stay with me, and become a madwoman...

Theme: Become a blade to protect what I love and cut down what I hate.