I Can’t Escape After the Mad Prince Ascends the Throne

Rong Qingzhang is the seventh prince of the Great Zhao dynasty, and his birth mother is the imperial consort who reigns supreme in the emperor’s favor.

After a sudden upheaval, the consort falls from favor and is confined to the Cold Palace. The prince who was once the emperor’s favorite is left to languish, forgotten by everyone.

At a tender age, he learns the darkest side of human nature.

When he is ten, his maternal uncle sends him a little girl.

From then on, this unruly little maid becomes the person he trusts most.

He teaches her to read and write, handle guns and spears, and see through people’s hearts.

Two children, not yet grown, huddle together for warmth in the treacherous, unpredictable imperial harem and do their best to grow up.

**

Ying Lili transmigrates into the body of a pitiful girl who was sold by her parents and, through a twist of fate, sent to the Cold Palace to serve a fallen prince.

She does everything she can to help him grow up.

All she wants is for him to become a prince and then an emperor, set her free, and let her roam the world.

On the eve of his ascension, she happily dreams about the life ahead, only to dream that she is living inside a book.

The pitiful little prince is the male lead, and he is madly obsessed with a beautiful, scheming woman.

Convinced she isn’t clever enough to outmaneuver anyone, Ying Lili decides that the best plan is to run.

**

At the emperor and empress’s wedding, Ying Lili becomes the first empress in history to be carried into the bedchamber.

The gentle, refined young prince of the past has become a handsome man, tall and long-legged, with an imposing presence.

He corners the woman he loves at the edge of the bed, his breath close and his voice low and husky, utterly enticing. “Little Li, don’t be angry. You know what I’m like. The angrier you get, the harder it is for me to control myself!”

Ying Lili: “...”