After being acknowledged by her family, Meng Dougu was made Princess Jiahe by the emperor. Her elder sister was also the empress, and for a time, she was the talk of the town.
When the emperor summoned Meng Dougu for the first time, the young girl was very afraid of him. He coldly ordered, "Raise your head!"
Meng Dougu nodded and lifted her face. The moment he saw her, the emperor's heart was thrown into turmoil. It took him a long while to regain control before he said lightly:
"You haven't seen the empress in a long time. Stay in the palace from now on."
After that, a lovely figure could often be seen in the palace. She was a perfect match for the emperor, and everyone assumed she was his favorite consort.
But no one knew how cold and heartless Meng Dougu was. She loathed the way the emperor gripped her chin and teasingly forced her to admit that their relationship was improper.
"Should you call me your brother-in-law, or your husband?"
Meng Dougu curled her lips. "You're just like my lowly late husband!"
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No one knew that Meng Dougu had been Wei Puzong's childhood sweetheart. Back then, she had loved calling him "Brother Changsheng" in a sweet, lilting voice.
But on the day they were to marry, he ran away.
Not long afterward, he became the new emperor, casting her aside for good.
Later, he forcibly kept her in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and demanded her submission. Meng Dougu pressed a sharp blade to his chest. "Have you forgotten? I was married once. You were the one who personally sent me off in the wedding sedan!"
Wei Puzong remained unruffled. At a banquet for foreign envoys, his icy voice rang clearly through the entire hall:
"The princess of our dynasty is elegant and gracious. I imagine she will win the favor of your crown prince!"
He was forcing her to choose between entering the palace and being married off to another country!
Warnings:
SC, a groveling pursuit after the breakup || Childhood sweethearts become brother-in-law and sister-in-law || The male lead is a damp, creeping mess with little sense of morality, gradually going mad as he takes what he wants by force || The male lead has a harem || The female lead has a fiance
Theme: You can't have everything
