[Blurb dated July 22, 2026, 11:30 a.m.]
In her previous life, Li Yaoguang was sent far away to marry into a foreign land. As power passed from father to son, she was caught in a whirlpool of political ambition and became a sacrificial pawn.
In this life, Li Yaoguang doesn't want to be sent away for a political marriage. Her gaze turns to the man who seized her father's throne, the man she ought to call Imperial Uncle.
She once hated him to the bone, but now she only wants to survive.
At the funeral, she wore plain mourning clothes, her porcelain-pale face clean and delicate, her eyes brimming with tears.
The new emperor arrived late. Lowering his eyes, he saw the little niece who had once despised him, her eyes red as she clutched his robe with a small hand. "Please show me mercy, Imperial Uncle."
Li Xuanqi had lived for twenty-six years to reach his present position, and this was the only blood relative he had left.
Though he felt no particular affection for his imperial niece, he was willing to show her a little kindness.
But later, she crossed the line more and more. She sewed underclothes for him, made her first New Year's wish for him to be happy, clung to his waist after getting drunk, and even said she had feelings for him...
He thought he was her Imperial Uncle, her only family left. It was only natural that she'd confused her feelings.
To put an end to her inappropriate affections, he began to distance himself and grow cold, and selected consorts.
He even went so far as to choose a husband for her himself.
Then, on the eve of her wedding, Li Xuanqi lay awake all night and found himself wandering to her sleeping quarters.
But in the silent palace, he heard her voice say
"Now I've finally gotten what I wanted. All that humiliation and effort I put into pleasing him paid off. Otherwise, how could I marry the one I truly love?"
That night, with a storm about to break, no one saw the dark, ruthless menace hidden in the emperor's eyes.
On her wedding night,
Li Yaoguang wore a scarlet wedding gown, her heart full of anticipation for the man she loved.
She thought that at last, in this life, she'd changed her fate and reached better days after all her suffering.
That night, she heard the main doors open and saw the man's black boots approaching. Unable to contain her joy, she rushed forward and embraced him. "My Lord Yun..."
But as soon as the words left her lips, a gust of wind lifted one corner of her bridal veil, revealing the man's pale, jade-like face. She was struck as if by lightning.
The next moment, those bone-white fingers lifted her veil.
His eyes were calm yet unhinged. Smiling, he said, "Yaoguang, aren't you happy to see your Imperial Uncle?"
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"You were the one who deliberately approached me and said you wanted to be with me for the rest of your life. I thought it over, and being uncle and niece isn't intimate enough, while being friends doesn't make our bond deep enough. Only as husband and wife can you be bound to me in flesh and blood, body and soul, for the rest of your life. That's the only way to make the most of this life."
Pseudo-incest with no blood relation, possessive love taken by force.
Theme: Love and eternity
