*Possessive love | A ruler takes his minister’s wife | Gentle, devout minister’s wife x naturally wicked ruler
Clutching a divorce decree, Yu Yinsheng had planned to follow her husband in death. But remembering his words, she could only hold back her tears as the servants drove the carriage south to Jiangnan to escape the war.
The new emperor had only just ascended the throne, and the land was still in turmoil. On the road, bandits attacked her. When she awoke, she had lost all her memories, and a scholar had taken her in.
“Madam, you’re awake?”
The scholar watched her with a warm smile, refined and gentle.
“I’m your husband.”
“My name is Xie Zhixuan.”
*
Her husband was endlessly accommodating, yet Yu Yinsheng couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong.
One day, while out in the street, the wind blew off her veiled hat. The county magistrate caught sight of her snow-white, plum-blossom beauty and nearly abducted her by force.
Yu Yinsheng returned home still shaken, but didn’t say a word about what had happened. Unease gnawed at her.
Sure enough, three days later, disaster struck the magistrate’s entire family. Not a single member of his clan survived.
Yu Yinsheng shuddered, suddenly recalling the shopkeeper who had “disappeared” the month before.
All he had done was remark that her clothes were royal garments, worth more than their weight in gold. Yu Yinsheng had a whole chest of such clothes, all casually given to her by her husband.
“Asheng, what are you thinking about?”
Yu Yinsheng came back to herself and looked at her husband, who was drawing her eyebrows for her.
Gentle, dignified, elegant and self-possessed, like an immortal banished from heaven.
...She must be overthinking it.
*
There was only one thing her husband wouldn’t indulge her in: when he pulled her beneath the bed curtains.
In the wavering candlelight, her husband loved seeing her drunk on desire and helpless to resist. He especially loved hearing her cry out at such times.
Yu Yinsheng was mortified. She clenched her teeth, refusing to let out a sound. She vaguely remembered that her husband hadn’t been so unrestrained before. He had seemed upright and restrained, a man of noble character.
One night, after he’d worked her over particularly hard, she tearfully brought it up. But in return, he only grew more... forceful.
Her husband’s eyes were pitch-black as he smiled and asked her to say it again.
Back then, Yu Yinsheng could never have imagined that the man in her bed was not her husband at all. Naturally, he couldn’t imitate a gentleman’s ways or put on a demure show of restraint. The day her memories returned, her real husband came looking for her. Together, they fled.
*
The hall was brightly lit with rows of lanterns.
The Crown Prince lowered his eyes, his expression blank.
Below the jade steps, Yu Yinsheng and her husband knelt together, bowing their heads and begging him to let them go.
The Crown Prince smiled brazenly and advanced step by step, his long sword scraping across the jade steps with a ringing clang.
“Sweetheart, darling, take the sword. Why are you trembling? Hold it tight, sweetheart. You say this bastard loves you. Why not cut out his heart and let me have a look? If it’s red, I’ll let the two of you be together. How about it?”
The sword clattered to the ground.
Yu Yinsheng trembled all over, tears falling like pearls. The Crown Prince drew her tightly into his arms and sighed, or perhaps he didn’t.
“Sweetheart, wouldn’t it be wonderful if you were part of me?”
Important!!
1. This is an id-driven novel, an id-driven novel, an id-driven novel!!! Don’t treat it as a statement of any position!
2. The female lead is not a virgin, the male lead is. She’s weak and he’s strong, and the emotions run very deep!
3. You can probably tell from the blurb that the male lead is a complete psycho, the kind who loves the female lead so obsessively he goes insane. He has no moral boundaries and maximum possessiveness! Read with caution!
[Blurb written on January 3, 2026, revised on April 30, 2026, with proof saved]
Theme: Never trust others too easily
When will it be updated? Author Da Da 🐰
Huh? Oh my God, I'm going crazy.
My ex-husband's family is all very nice [Purple Sugar] kswl
The plot is very interesting and the writing is also very good. The author must update it on time.
Looks good hehehe... Please update hehehe...