Why Is a Madman Pretending to Be Good?

(Unhinged but pretending to be sweet, a groveling wife-chaser arc, and the protagonist has tons of secret identities.) Blurb: Princess Jiang Yuzhi was blind from birth, frail and refined. She joined a Buddhist order to cultivate her mind and body, and never went anywhere without her prayer beads. Yet she suffered from a madness that made her bloodthirsty whenever it took hold. Everyone said she was like a snow lotus atop a high mountain, beautiful but steeped in deadly poison. Lin Miyuan had been raised as a boy from childhood. In the murderous Marquis’s residence, she swallowed her bitterness and watched every word and action. In the end, she placed third in the palace examinations and became the young marquis whom everyone in the capital praised. Then the Emperor bestowed a marriage, and she became the princess’s new consort. Everyone pitied her, saying she wouldn’t survive her wedding night. But their marriage lasted twenty years. Only Lin Miyuan knew what the other woman looked like when she leaned into her arms, the corners of her eyes red and her senses clouded with desire. By the window, the woman who upheld Buddhist discipline left red marks across Lin Miyuan’s back. Her legs rested in Lin Miyuan’s arms, and scales that appeared during her episodes spread across her skin. The scales disappeared when passion took hold. Lin Miyuan bent her head and kissed them, inch by inch. The woman tilted her head back, her expression caught between pain and pleasure. Her prayer beads were damp, and her trembling voice sounded flustered. “Don’t... Someone might see us by the window...” Year after year, their hearts drew closer, their love beating heavily within their chests. To help her ascend the throne, Lin Miyuan did more than devise strategies. She volunteered for the battlefield and nearly lost her life. But when everything was finally settled, the other woman tore away the white cloth she had worn to feign blindness. Her eyes were cold and merciless. “I’ve been using you from beginning to end. I don’t need you anymore.” “You’re just a woman. You can’t even give me a child.” On the execution platform, Lin Miyuan laughed coldly. Tears fell as her head hit the ground. When she opened her eyes again, she had returned to twenty years earlier, to the day the Emperor bestowed the marriage. Lin Miyuan immediately knelt and kowtowed. “Forgive me, Your Majesty! I’m impotent. The princess will only suffer if she marries me!” The Emperor: “...” The princess’s face was pale. She dug her nails into her palms until they bled. Given a second life, Lin Miyuan firmly refused to marry her. She would live freely and have nothing more to do with her. But on the day her half-brother married, guests caught him committing adultery with his mistress. Meanwhile, in a small side room, Lin Miyuan got drunk and somehow ended up in bed with the bride. When she woke, the woman’s skin was smooth as jade, her body covered in red marks. Her lips were vivid, and her peach-blossom eyes gazed at Lin Miyuan through tears. Lin Miyuan: “...” In her previous life, her sister-in-law, Fu Huaiyan, had died a tragic death in a conspiracy. But in this life... “Why don’t you marry me instead, Sister-in-law?” That night, the marquis’s residence erupted into chaos. And Lin Miyuan got her wish and married her. It was supposed to be nothing more than a marriage of convenience, but the woman who seemed so sweet and sensible insisted on clinging to her night after night, repeatedly doing shocking things. “I’m a woman...” “So what if you are?” “Miyuan, I’m no longer your sister-in-law. I’m your wife...” Every night, her eyes smoldered with desire as she coiled around Lin Miyuan like a soft, boneless snake, refusing to let her go... From the pursued party’s perspective: Jiang Yuzhi regretted it. She regretted saying those things and driving Lin Miyuan away. She regretted arriving too late. On the execution platform, she held Lin Miyuan’s head in her arms and wept for three days and three nights until she went blind. But in this new life, Lin Miyuan would rather kowtow until her forehead bled than marry her again. She had no choice but to use her other identity. She hid her serpent’s tail and donned a different skin to meet Lin Miyuan. Snowflakes drifted down as she gazed at Lin Miyuan, utterly captivated, and stumbled. The woman wore her long hair bound beneath a crown. Her androgynously beautiful face was breathtaking as she helped Jiang Yuzhi up. “Careful, Sister-in-law.” So on the wedding day, Jiang Yuzhi used every means at her disposal to claim Lin Miyuan and marry her. After the wedding, she played the sweet and obedient wife, doing everything she could to seduce her. In the end, she overthrew the Emperor and took the throne. But one day, while changing skins, Lin Miyuan caught her in the act. One half of her face belonged to the princess, while the other half belonged to the sister-in-law who had married Lin Miyuan and climbed into her bed every night. Human body, serpent’s tail, breathtakingly beautiful and bewitching. Lin Miyuan fled in panic. Before she could escape the capital, the new Emperor and her people surrounded her. Jiang Yuzhi smiled, tears filling her eyes as she advanced step by step. “You’ll never leave me in this life.” “No, not in any life, ever.” Lin Miyuan gritted her teeth, unable to speak. A madwoman! A complete and utter madwoman! Note: The pursuer loves only one person from beginning to end. Even after returning to the past, she never took advantage of her sister-in-law while drugged. The pursued party, on the other hand, is devious and utterly ruthless. Also: The pursuer was placed under a love spell and unconsciously treated her sister-in-law and master well. She wasn’t flirting with everyone. Once the truth comes out, the groveling wife-chaser arc will burn all the hotter. Theme: Once you make a move, there’s no taking it back. Even if you regret it, you can’t return to the beginning.