The Socially Anxious Moonlight Beloved Raised a Tyrant

Sheng Chaochao has a secret.

Her father left her a family heirloom jade pendant that contains a portable dimension. Through it, she travels to ancient times, where she lovingly raises a five-year-old little boy.

Shy and socially anxious, she lives a peaceful, comfortable life growing fruit and vegetables in her dimension and looking after the little boy.

Until one day, her memories awaken.

It turns out she's the dead-too-soon white moonlight of the male lead in a wealthy-family romance about a husband desperately trying to win back his wife. She's his motivation to strive for success, and a key source of angst in the romance between the male and female leads. Which means she has to die.

Sheng Chaochao: "..."

She hasn't even gotten over the fact that she's a cannon-fodder character doomed to die early in a book when an ancient man appears in her bedroom. He says his family has a throne to inherit, and he needs an empress to give him a little crown prince.

Sheng Chaochao: "...QAQ"

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Jun Heng is the empress's eldest legitimate son. When he was five, his mother was murdered, and his maternal grandfather's family was unjustly exiled.

From then on, he was framed, beaten, cursed, and betrayed... He fell into an endless abyss. Only an immortal older sister who appeared from time to time kept him company, cared for him, and looked after him.

A mad thought gradually took root in Jun Heng's rotting heart: even if he had to die, he would make her stay forever.

As soon as the thought formed, she vanished without a trace.

On the verge of death after a bloody battle had drained him of his strength, Jun Heng lay on the ground, his whole body icy cold. He waited to die. But the one who came was the person he had missed so desperately that he had gone mad.

[Bonus scene]

Official histories record that the fourth ruler of the Great Xia dynasty was a tyrant, cruel in his methods and mercurial in temperament.

One morning at court, all the ministers watched in trepidation as the young emperor sat on the dragon throne, his face expressionless.

Just two days earlier, with a single sentence, this young ruler had brought the once-glorious Duke of Ying's household to ruin overnight.

As they silently prayed that disaster would not befall them, a soft, flustered voice broke the silence of the great hall.

"Jun Heng, the baby's wet again."

Everyone turned around in astonishment to see a strangely dressed woman standing at the hall's entrance, holding a baby in her arms.

To their horror, the young emperor, who never showed interest in women, got down from the dragon throne with a look of pure adoration and went over to wrap his arms around her.

From that day on, whenever the young emperor attended court, he found a way to praise his beloved empress, the only mistress of the imperial harem.

A sweet little romance: a sweet, soft, socially anxious girl paired with a mercurial tyrant who goes mad, crawls around in the dark, and constantly wants to cling to his wife whenever he can't see her.

[Blurb written on 2025/03/05]

Theme: Love can overcome every hardship