On the First Night of Our Marriage Swap, the Cold-Faced Prince Became Obsessed with Me

[A cold-faced prince in public × an obsessive, unhinged lover in private × a gentle yet sharp-witted legitimate daughter skilled at strategy] In the eyes of the world, Xie Zhiwei was a ruthless, calculating woman who cared only about climbing the social ladder and claiming the throne as empress. So when Prince Jin, Shen Xingci, fell from favor and was demoted, she immediately cast him aside and accepted the Crown Prince’s marriage proposal without a second thought. She was certain he would die on the frontier and never return. But on her wedding day, someone stopped the bridal sedan and stormed into the wedding hall. Prince Jin returned, drenched in blood, and personally forced a marriage swap, taking her as his bride. She panicked and tried to flee, but he pinned her firmly to the wedding bed. “Disappointed to see it’s me?” The man gripped her chin, his eyes filled with bone-deep coldness and a mad possessiveness. “Xie Zhiwei, I should have known. You’ve never been one to behave.” To outsiders, Shen Xingci was a cold-faced prince, feared by all for his cruelty and ruthlessness. But only when he faced Xie Zhiwei did that coldness melt away. Though Prince Jin seemed distant and indifferent to her in public, in private he was addicted to clinging to her, so possessive that he refused to let her go for even a moment. Her father controlled her with poison and threatened her with her younger brother, treating her as a pawn in his rebellion. The Crown Prince, Shen Yanzhou, plotted against her at every turn, hoping to make her serve his own ends. As the secrets of her birth, the schemes for imperial power, and the tangled history of old lovers were gradually laid bare, Shen Xingci saw through every disguise and understood all her hardships. He only held her tighter in his arms and murmured hoarsely, “Yaoyao, if you deceive me…” Why can’t you deceive me for the rest of your life?