[Obsessive Fluffy Fox x Scheming Emperor]
A little sweet, with a touch of star-crossed love and bitter heartbreak.
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"The days are waning, the days are waning. Why have you not returned?"
When Mount Buzhou crumbled, she was the only spirit fox to escape alive.
"From now on, your name is Shiwei."
Her mother said before she died, "Claim the throne and restore Mount Buzhou."
"Then the fox clan can go home."
"Mom, but Shiwei is a fox."
"How can a fox claim the throne?"
"Born with an enchanting allure, why would you need weapons?"
"Go find the Human Emperor."
"Conquer a man first, then conquer the world."
In her first life, she went down the mountain, innocent and naive, and met Liji. She became Mo Xi.
In her second life, she chose carefully and gave her heart to Di Xin. She became Daji.
In her third life, she overcame gentleness with gentleness and promised herself to Gong Sheng. She became Bao Si.
In her fourth life, she gave herself to power. She became Li Ji.
She burned herself away, life after life, but could never find a way home.
Mom, Shiwei is so tired.
But Shiwei wants to bring you home.
Is conquering men the only way to conquer the world?
After transmigrating through a thousand years of mortal life, the tips of Shiwei's ears finally drooped.
She didn't want to be a "temptress" anymore.
Men are hopeless. The fox reads by lamplight.
In this life, she will raise her own emperor with her own hands.
"Mingyi." Her blood-red nail touched the space between his brows.
"From today onward, you are my son."
"Mingyi, a ruler's path is paved with ruthlessness."
"Mingyi, beautiful women... you are forbidden to touch them."
"Mingyi--"
She gripped his chin and forced him to look up.
"Kneel."
The trembling youth raised his sword. In the pool of blood at his feet lay his father and brother.
She gently caressed his pale face, her smile faint.
"Good. You're finally starting to look the part."
Mingyi was terrified of his mother.
She was breathtakingly beautiful, yet cold as ice.
The princes already had wives and concubines by the dozen.
She merely glanced at him and patted the top of his head.
"Those women?"
"Humans are always trying to ensnare their prey with emotions."
"We don't need that."
Mingyi did well, and the world prospered too.
At the lonely heights, a thought suddenly came to him:
Those hands of his mother's, always cold as ice... could they ever be lonely?
On the night Mount Buzhou appeared again and Shiwei was about to go home,
Mingyi clung desperately to her snowy-white tail.
"Shiwei..."
"You like power. I'll give it to you."
"You like emperors. I'll give you one, too."
"But you don't want me anymore..."
"Then I don't want this world either."
"Don't you dare!"
Shiwei turned around and bit down on his bloodied hands.
Mingyi raised his eyes, identical to the ones he'd had a thousand years ago.
"I gave you the world four times."
"This time..."
"Why are you still leaving?"
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#In the past, he thought she loved them. In truth, she only wanted to go home.
#Now, he thought she loved him. But it turns out she still wants to go home.
1. An immensely powerful fox with an obsessive streak and only the beginnings of human understanding meets a cunning, scheming Human Emperor.
2. The male lead is never one of the tyrants from history (Jie, Zhou, You, Xian, and so on). The story avoids this through reasonable changes to the setting.
But! The female lead thinks he is!
3. The fox is strong and cool, and her tail is a delight to pet, but she really is a little slow on the uptake.
4. A little sweet, with a touch of star-crossed love and bitter heartbreak. The male lead falls into the cycle of reincarnation and pursues his wife through heaven and hell.
5. No abuse of the female lead. This is a female-centered story, and that's all I write.
6. The historical parts are purely imagined and serve as backstory. The main story only covers Shiwei's current life.
Theme: The world will always matter more than men.
