[Ruthless, beautiful, flirtatious shou VS scheming, patient wolf-cub prince gong]
In the twenty-third year of Xuande, Yan Jing, the least favored prince in the palace, is falsely accused of treason by his elder brother and thrown into the imperial prison, where he endures brutal torture.
The man in charge of interrogating him is Wei Tingyuan, the highest-ranking commander of the Imperial Guard.
People call Wei Tingyuan a wicked official. He's known for his ruthlessness, bloody methods, and erratic cruelty. He also wields enormous power and is the court's most infamous attack dog.
They say that once you enter the imperial prison, you'll never leave alive.
Yan Jing lies bloodied on the prison floor, gazing hazily at the astonishingly beautiful commander of the Imperial Guard.
The legendary fiend stands over him, dark and arrogant. His flying-fish robe outlines his slender waist. Beneath the moonlight, his skin is as pale as jade, his thin lips pressed together, his eyes cold and sharp.
“Why did you rebel?” the commander asks from above.
The young prince, sprawled in a pool of blood, smiles almost imperceptibly. “If I became emperor, would you belong to me?”
The commander of the Imperial Guard pauses, then smiles cruelly. “Your Highness should focus on figuring out how to get out of here alive first.”
Later, Yan Jing really does become emperor, and the once-arrogant commander of the Imperial Guard ends up imprisoned on his dragon bed night after night.
“The throne means little to me. But you, Commander, belong to me.”
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Synopsis: [Cool, proud, long-suffering crown prince shou of a fallen kingdom VS proud, devoted wolf-clan prince gong]
Li Guanyun is a crown prince. For more than twenty years, he has lived in luxury and splendor, bright as frost and snow, upright and refined, his reputation for propriety and virtue known throughout the land.
Then his kingdom falls and his family is destroyed. The cavalry of the Western Rong wolf clan breaches the capital, and he is captured along with the imperial family of Great Wei. He endures humiliation and torment, nearly taking his own life.
In the throne hall, the newly crowned Khan of the Western Rong, intent on humiliating the deposed emperor, orders his men to bring in all the former Great Wei officials and members of the imperial house. He tells his subordinates to pick out the most attractive members of the Great Wei imperial family's household and take them away for their pleasure.
As the hall fills with cries of grief and families are torn apart, the crown prince of the wolf clan steps forward and points at Li Guanyun. “Father, I want him.”
Li Guanyun looks up indifferently and meets the wolf prince's lecherous gaze.
Later, bound hand and foot, he is carried in a bridal sedan chair into the wolf prince's residence. On their wedding night, the handsome, peerless prince of another people lifts his veil and leans down to meet his eyes, amusement filling his gaze.
“I've long heard that the crown prince of Great Wei is a peerless beauty. Seeing you today, I find the rumors were true.”
Li Guanyun closes his eyes and endures the humiliation that will fill countless nights to come, swallowing his bloodied teeth along with his tears.
Li Guanyun is slender, but his bones are hard. No matter how they torment him, he refuses to die. At night, he swallows his blood and tears; by day, under the Western Rong's watchful confinement, he struggles to make plans for his fallen kingdom's people and former officials.
Years after the Western Rong conquer Great Wei, uprisings erupt, refugees fill the land, and the court falls into chaos. An assassination takes the life of the old Khan of the Western Rong.
The old Khan is dead. Li Guanyun has avenged his kingdom, and the Western Rong are left without a leader, fighting among themselves as the entire court descends into disorder.
This is one of the outcomes Li Guanyun has worked so hard to bring about.
His revenge accomplished, Li Guanyun has long since put life and death out of his mind. Yet when his so-called “husband,” the wolf prince who abducted him all those years ago, binds him to the bed one night and points a sword at his brow, he still can't help but falter, his thoughts slipping away.
The wolf prince's eyes are bloodshot as he questions him, each word striking a chord in Li Guanyun's heart.
“When Great Wei fell, the old officials and members of the royal family were all tortured and humiliated to death...”
“Only you, Crown Prince, were spared. I loved you, so I defied the scorn and condemnation of countless people in my own clan and kept you safe in my residence.”
“And now, is my father's cold corpse the generous gift you offer in return?”
Theme: Join hands and press forward together, tempering ourselves through the journey.
The Ghostly Shrine
No Coveting the Beautiful, Tragic Principal
The Infinite-Flow Big Shot's Attempt to Take on a Disciple Backfires
I Conquered My Eccentric Boss in a Strange World
A Succubus Top-Tier Star Stumbles Into a Crime Scene
After the Beauty in the Lantern Became a Prisoner
I Married the Villain After Entering the Script
The Tyrannical General's Pregnant Wife
Taking My Little Husband to Flee the Famine [Reborn]
The Gloomy Bottom Everyone Despised Has Been Reborn
How a Bystander Top Became the Main Character
Transmigrating to the Beast World to Farm and Raise a Wolf
After the Villain Lost His Cultivation
Your Highness, Absolutely Not!
A Nightless Day in the Realm [Transmigration]
Those Years In Quest Of Honour Mine
The Fortunate Minister
This Prince Is a Good-for-Nothing
After Eloping with the Dragon-Prince Hero Who Breaks Off Engagements
A Cheapskate Fool Transmigrates Into a Villain
Is the Throne the Only Option for Me?
Dear Father, Must You Abandon Your Husband and Child After Ascending?
After Marrying the Black Lotus, Sickly Beauty
Reborn to Spoil the Wicked Little Brother
Transmigrated as the Regent's Beloved Servant, I Fled
I Choose Who Gets to Be The Emperor
A Surgeon’s Guide to Surviving in the Prince’s Manor
I think I can understand Lord Wei's thoughts... This tragic crisis was violently resolved by the external force of his senior brother, but the real problems between the two haven't been solved, and the damage will leave scars... I can't be sure if Xiao Yan was truly moved; he still seems carefree and sycophantic.
Lord Wei: I achieved a perfect score of 0.000001 Seconds in the challenge of forgiving my ex-boyfriend. Why don't you give it a try? 😣 Just kidding, I've never really let go 😭😭😭 King Zhao and Consort Wei are entangled in a complicated love-hate relationship, while young Wei is an outsider; the emperor's family rules the world, yet Lord Wei remains an outsider; Kasyapa shares a deep bond with his…
From the Empress's perspective, it was indeed Lord Wei who framed her, her family, and her children in the poisoned wine case in order to help Prince Rong escape punishment... If the young prince had honestly told Lord Wei that it was all a scheme orchestrated by the old emperor to capture the Empress and the Prince of Rong, what choice would Lord Wei have made upon learning the truth?
Actually, when I read the earlier chapters, I felt that Wei Tingyuan was a bit too obsessed with love, tolerating this and that (although I personally enjoyed watching it). Occasionally, I also felt that his character was deviating a bit, but after reading today's chapter, I feel that everything has come together in a closed loop...
Forget about Lord Wei, these two chapters made me hallucinate the little prince who was willing to do anything to protect Lord Wei before 😭 It's as if the timeline has been messed up; those three years of estrangement and separation seem like they never happened.
This brat is a carbon copy of your scumbag uncle! He likes sadomasochism [eye roll]. Sigh, back then, Xiao Wei was in so much pain when he saw his mother being taken away and tortured, and now the same humiliation has befallen him. He's being abused by his former lover... Is this really something a human being can endure? 😭 I just hope Xiao Wei doesn't become as love-struck as his mother and doesn't easily forgive this family of scumbags surnamed Yan.
The more I watch, the sadder it gets. How much hatred must one have to do this to someone they love? Even an enemy wouldn't go this far. This is humiliation, a death lie. There's no way out of this situation.
Aside from being the new emperor's mistress—a position known to all yet despised by everyone—Lord Wei had no other identity or standing in the palace. Even if he were to kill all the gossipy mouths, it would only be a fit of temper; the mocking glances, malicious prying eyes, and surging rumors would never cease. QAQ
Thankfully, the young prince rushed to his wife's rescue immediately after issuing his enthronement announcement, otherwise you really wouldn't have a wife anymore!!! 😭 Was it the Crown Prince's cunning? You really hit the new emperor's Achilles' heel with your last move! [Ew~]
Wei Tingyuan is truly a charismatic character. This breakup declaration was so well written: "I love you, but I will never forgive what you did to me. Since love and hate are already entangled, let's cut ties cleanly and decisively."