The Usurper

[A scheming prince forces a brilliant young woman to love him]

Xiao Che, the young prince beloved by every noblewoman in Luocheng, got married.

With cold, unfeeling eyes, Prince Xiao looked at his bride, Lin Wei, and her little niece, Lin Yibai, standing behind her.

Prince Xiao cared only for the realm, not for women.

Besides, Buddhist and Daoist diviners alike had prophesied: Che is the true dragon, destined to ascend the throne, and must not take a woman until then!

Lin Yibai, a brilliant young woman who had transmigrated into this world, watched her seventeen-year-old aunt Lin Wei marry Xiao Che, a peerless talent and the most promising young man of his generation. She was overjoyed.

Then she watched her aunt be neglected by the prince, waste away, and finally die.

Lin Yibai dreamed of a vast world beyond. She left the prince's residence, where she had lived for four years.

But after a series of twists and turns, she ended up back there.

His bride died, but the prince's mood remained unchanged, and not a flicker of emotion crossed his face.

Yet after his little niece Lin Yibai said goodbye and left, the prince's heart suddenly felt empty.

Not just empty, but aching!

A pain like never before, as if his flesh were being sliced away and his bones scraped clean.

The prince could neither understand nor accept it.

All he could do was use every means at his disposal to "welcome" his little niece back to his residence.

He arranged her coming-of-age ceremony;

He watched coldly as one suitor after another came to call...

Until no one dared come anymore.

Because the most eager suitors had all met with misfortune within a matter of days!

Lin Yibai realized that her uncle by marriage, the prince who seemed so noble and handsome,

was sinister and unhinged, watching her from everywhere...

He cornered her in a secluded place and ground out, "Stay. You're not allowed to marry!"

But who could ever keep a brilliant young woman like Lin Yibai confined?

The prince could fend off every noble family that sought her hand. There was only one person he couldn't stop.

When the new emperor took the throne, he made Lin Yibai, whom Prince Xiao had devoted a year to guarding, his empress.

On the day of the royal wedding, Lin Yibai heard the "groom" snuff out the wedding candles. In the darkness, she heard that familiar voice again: "If you marry, you'll marry me!"

This time, his voice followed his frantic passion, falling between her lips and teeth...

A young, sinister widower, a sexy, scheming uncle by marriage, a ruthless usurper plotting for power: Xiao Che! At last, he would stop holding back and stop enduring...

He had never been so overcome with desire...

He, Prince Xiao, wanted to see how loving a woman at last, after a lifetime of abstinence, could possibly defy all conventions and be condemned by the world.

Those Buddhist and Daoist prophecies could surely be broken!

Ten-year age gap

Forbidden romance

Note 1: The romance begins only after the heroine comes of age.

Note 2: The hero has never loved or had relations with any woman other than the heroine, including the wife he marries at the start of the story, who is the heroine's aunt.

---Blurb for another book, Jade Baby---

Li Yuying died an unjust death.

In her previous life, she had peerless beauty but lived in fear and confusion. She held the most precious love in the world in her hands, yet personally pushed the man who cherished her above all else into a death sentence.

When she opened her eyes again, she was thirteen once more.

A modern-day soul, utterly carefree and a complete beauty addict, had somehow collided with her soul.

With their souls fused, Li Yuying, who had once died aggrieved, finally came into her own. In this life, she would hold on to her good fortune, love wholeheartedly, and live well.

But the one-of-a-kind treasure of a man she had lost, Li Changsheng, the young lord of the Duke of Ding's household, was her own elder brother! What was she supposed to do?

Li Yuying: ...Help! This forbidden sibling romance is too much for me!

To make matters worse, as a devoted beauty addict, she also had a former love from her previous life: the great general Zhuo Da.

That handsome, middle-aged man, powerful enough to sway the court, was devoted and gentle. Yet the object of his lifelong obsession had been Li Yuying's mother, whose beauty had dazzled the entire army.

Li Yuying sighed in frustration. "How could such a peerlessly handsome man be trapped in hopeless unrequited love? In this life, I have to save this romantic and give him a love he can declare openly!"

But just as she began to consider it, her gentle and refined elder brother went completely mad.

Li Changsheng, ennobled as a youth and wielding immense power, shed every trace of gentleness and trapped her in his arms, eyes bloodshot, voice hoarse and obsessive:

"Yuying, if you insist on doing this, I'll make sure not a bone of his remains."

Li Yuying wanted to cry. "Brother! We're siblings! Incest will bring divine punishment!"

Li Changsheng lowered his head and kissed away the panic in her eyes, his voice both fierce and tender:

"How do you know the whole world hasn't been lying to you?"

[Two souls, obsessive fake-incest romance x Redemption from a past life + Rivals fighting for her love]

The heroine wakes up, builds a career, and flirts with handsome men, only for her possessive elder brother to dote on her relentlessly:

Don't be afraid, little sister. I'm not your real brother. I'm the husband fate chose for you.

Theme: Keep the world in your heart, and live toward the light!