After the Brooding Tyrant Hears My Inner Thoughts

[Lustful Lazybones X Dark, Brooding Tyrant] Complete, with a giveaway!

Su Panyue is a spy, sent to seduce the new emperor of Qi.

But no one told her beforehand that the emperor was a tyrant who had no interest in women.

Rumor had it he was cruel by nature, and feasted on blood and flesh every day.

Su Panyue thought the rumors couldn't be true, so she boldly climbed into the imperial bed.

As a result, she died.

When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn to the year she first arrived in Great Qi.

This time, she decided to keep her head down in the palace and live as a lazybones. As long as she stayed alive, that was enough.

But the tyrant she'd tried to avoid at every turn kept approaching her of his own accord, and the look in his eyes grew more and more peculiar.

She promptly chose to run, but was soon caught and brought back.

Then she discovered that the tyrant had gone even crazier.

Not only did he build a palace to imprison her, he also spent every day babbling nonsense:

“You said you wanted me to be your man. Now I give you both myself and this empire. Are you satisfied?”

Su Panyue stretched lazily on the luxurious imperial bed. “Ask me after I wake up.”

The lofty emperor leaned beside her bed and murmured softly:

“Both the nightmares and the sweet dreams have my face in them, don't they?”

- The Male Lead's Perspective

Xie Lanzhou encountered a bold palace maid and found he could hear her thoughts:

[No one told me he was this handsome. What a waste for him to be emperor. He'd make a perfect man for me.]

Xie Lanzhou narrowed his eyes, and from then on, he had plenty of new amusements.

While he reviewed memorials:

[Wow, a serious man is the sexiest. I want to pin him to the desk and do all sorts of things to him.]

While he pretended to nap:

[The dog emperor's pretty well-built. I wonder if he'd show a little more below the waist.]

While he furiously killed someone:

[Is this a fit of rage for a beauty? Am I about to become a seductress who ruins the kingdom?]

Xie Lanzhou: She loves me so much. I should give her what she wants.

But the day after he made her a consort, he heard her thoughts:

[I never said I wanted to be a noble consort. What if that old man in Lu wants me to get him intelligence?]

Xie Lanzhou was silent for a long while, then picked up his brush and wrote a declaration of war.

How could his noble consort possibly be a spy? Lu, was it? Then he'd simply destroy it.

But she wanted to run.

Xie Lanzhou clenched his fists until his fingertips turned white, though he wore a smile:

“Never mind. She's probably forgotten that all beneath heaven is the emperor's land. I'll find her eventually.”

Bonus Scene:

Su Panyue, whose identity as a spy has been exposed: Your Majesty, let me explain!

Xie Lanzhou: No need. I've heard everything you've been thinking.

Su Panyue: What? You can hear my thoughts? Explain yourself!

Reading Guide:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's only partners. The male lead has no harem and is devoted.

2. The male lead can only hear the female lead's thoughts, starting in Chapter Two.

3. In her previous life, the female lead wasn't killed by the male lead. They had no grudges against each other.

4. Fictional dynasty, lively and sweet romance.

Next up: The Bride I Stole Has Amnesia, an angel-faced, black-hearted noblewoman X a jealous, brooding man. Brothers fighting over the same wife, a romantic rivalry. If you're interested, you can bookmark it on my profile now, and you'll get a notification as soon as it starts!

[Angel-Faced, Black-Hearted Noblewoman X Jealous, Brooding Man] Brothers Fighting Over the Same Wife

Shen Wanyun, the legitimate daughter of the prime minister's household, was a peerless beauty in the capital. She and the heir of the Duke of Dingguo's household had been childhood sweethearts, and everyone said they were a perfect match, destined to be together.

That was until the duke's second son, born to a concubine, returned from the battlefield with glorious victories.

The emperor was delighted and asked what reward he wanted. The second son asked only for an imperial decree of marriage, so he could wed Shen Wanyun, his future sister-in-law.

After a year of marriage, the second son was gentle and considerate, while Shen Wanyun was obedient and virtuous. They treated each other with respect, but kept their distance.

Then an accident left Shen Wanyun pushed into the water, and she lost three years of memories, completely forgetting how she had come to marry him.

The second son coaxed her, saying that they had fallen in love and married of their own accord. Shen Wanyun didn't believe a word.

She turned to confide in the heir, her childhood sweetheart: “How could I have married a brute like your younger brother?”

When the second son found out, jealousy consumed him. He decided to show her what a real brute was, but at the last moment, he gently kissed away her tears. “Don't cry, my lady. It must be someone else's fault!”

But from that day on, he kept Shen Wanyun confined in the rear courtyard.

The proper gentleman he'd once been was gone. The second son revealed his ruthless nature, even going so far as to betray his own brother and send the heir of the Duke of Dingguo's household to the imperial prison.

When he returned to the rear courtyard, he saw Shen Wanyun cross her legs and beckon him with a finger. “Husband, locking him up isn't enough. Could you help me finish him off?”

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