The Mad Emperor's Crematorium

Amnesia and mistaken identity | Coercive romance | The pursuer's long road to redemption

Ling Qi has skin as white as snow and a beauty that makes Xi Shi seem a little less beautiful. She has suffered from an eye disease since childhood. On her way south for treatment, she wanders into the wilderness, where wild beasts devour her servants and a wolfish young man saves her.

She teaches him to read and behave, and he protects her. On the eve of their parting, he confesses his love, but Ling Qi doesn't want to hold him back and cruelly leaves him.

They meet again five years later, when he locks her away in the imperial palace. Ling Qi is covered in wounds.

She thinks they'll be bound together like this for the rest of their lives, but then he not only marries her older sister and makes her empress, he also keeps taking consorts without end.

He broke the vow they once made to love each other for a lifetime.

Day after day, Ling Qi is consumed by grief until she disappears into the flames.

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Wei Qinyue fell in love with Ling Qi at first sight. He intended to take her as his empress, but then discovered she was not a virgin. He specially refined all kinds of torture in the palace, preparing them one by one for her.

He had beautiful torture devices made to lock her up, and made sure she knew the consequences of betraying him.

A great fire burned away his pride. He frantically searched for his beloved in the flames, but all he found were the torture devices he had made for her.

The pain of a heart being burned and a body being eaten away stayed with him.

Years later, he traveled through Jiangnan and returned to the place where they first met, only to hear the voice of someone he once knew.

"You're holding your brush wrong again. You're harder to teach than our daughter."

A young married couple play around from bow to stern, their smiles brighter than when he first saw her.

[Reader's Guide]

1. The second male lead ends up with her.

2. The male and female leads have physical contact.

3. The redemption arc is complete.

4. The male character on the cover is the second male lead.

Theme: You should love someone who is already wonderful