Zhou Yuan transmigrated into the body of a princess from a fallen kingdom. Renowned for her beauty but unable to protect herself, she was doomed from the start.
That very night, she was sent as a gift to the rebel leader's bed. The man glanced at her face and sneered.
"The most beautiful woman in the land? This is what passes for one?"
Zhou Yuan was thrown into the Cold Palace and nearly had to fend for herself in the wilderness. Fortunately, a kind young palace guard brought her food, allowing her to scrape by.
Later, when the palace gates fell,
Zhou Yuan fled as fast as she could, but the faint plea, "Save me," stopped her in her tracks. She thought she was saving the young guard, but she had no idea it was the devil in human skin.
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Xue Rang, the rebel chieftain, was born into poverty, crude and vile, and possessed a murderous nature. With Hu blood in his veins and a pair of green eyes from birth, he was unfit for polite society, let alone the emperor's throne.
Sure enough, less than nine days after entering the imperial city, he was ambushed and shot dead by righteous warriors.
Unfortunately, Xue Rang didn't die.
The princess in the Cold Palace mistook him for someone else and saved him. Back then, the young girl stared at his eyes and said in a daze, "Your eyes are so pretty, just like a cat's!"
In his eyes, she was weak, foolish, and stubborn.
Yet it was this very Zhou Yuan who helped Xue Rang survive in a turbulent age.
But through all those nights, when passion overcame her and she whispered sweet words to him, she called him by another name.
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"That guard? I killed him."
The rebel who had once been branded a traitor returned. Amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, he sat securely upon the throne.
The man crossed one leg over the other and lifted her chin with his long boot. His dark green eyes fixed fiercely on Zhou Yuan's face. Then he tossed down a bloodied eyeball. It rolled to a stop by her skirt.
"Take a good look, and learn to tell us apart."
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1. Over-the-top melodrama and taking by force. The male lead is unhinged and vicious. You can insult him, but don't insult me or the heroine, okay? (kneels)
2. Both leads are virgins, one-on-one romance.
3. Is the heroine face-blind? (sigh)
4. 2025.4.12
Theme: The power of holding firm to your convictions
