A genius schemer, creating an emperor!... more>>

“Only when your brother is happy can you be happy.”

She committed all kinds of evil deeds to make him Emperor. However, Artezia’s devotion was repaid with betrayal. It was the Grand Duke Cedric, a righteous enemy, that gave her a hand of salvation at the threshold of death.

“Devise a plan.”
“…”
“I can’t think of anyone but you who can reverse this situation. Marquess Rosan.”
“…”
“Lend me your strength.”

There is no plan that can reverse the already declining power and save the fallen empire. However, there is a method. To turn back time before everything went wrong.

With tears of blood she sacrificed her body to an ancient magic. This time, she will not fall.

Artezia, who returned to the age of 18 before death, resolved to become a villainess for the Grand Duke Cedric.

“Please give me your hand in marriage. I’ll make you emperor.”

In exchange for kneeling to the devil, the devil shall dirty her hands for you. <<less

Ye Rongxu has a delicate appearance and was born sickly, making him the darling of the entire family.... more>>

In an accident, he awakened self-consciousness and discovered that he was a beautiful villain in a revenge novel. Although he was beautiful, he had to sit in a wheelchair due to illness and disability. This has caused his personality to become vicious and gloomy. He offended the male protagonist in the early stage and later suffered a terrible retaliation.

The male protagonist Qin Chaoyan, who was originally his fiancé’s younger brother, has a cold and gloomy personality. His father doesn’t care about him and his mother doesn’t love him. During that time, he accidentally touched his wheelchair, and caused him to fall into the water and be hospitalized. As a result, Qin Chaoyan was sent to Ye Rongxu to vent his anger.

During this period in the book, he made things difficult for the male protagonist, humiliated him viciously, and even made him kneel down.

Later on, the other party achieved success and fame. Knowing that Ye Rongxu liked his brother, he forced Ye Rongxu to marry himself instead and tortured him, making the already sick and weak young man so angry that he died.

After learning about the plot, Ye Rongxu’s sickly profile looked to the front of the wheelchair.

Qin Chaoyan’s thin and bony spine was being pressed to his knees by the bodyguard, and his chest was being stepped on in humiliation.

According to the routine, he should quickly please the other party to avoid the future ending, but…

Ye Rongxu coughed softly, his throat was fishy and sweet, and his delicate eyebrows dropped slightly: What are you doing? Why don’t you help me massage my feet?

After saying this, he threw the male lead a map of the acupoints on the soles of his feet that he had just gotten from Baidu.

Put aside other things for now, he’s dying, and he needs to start taking care of his health. <<less

There are only two destined outcomes for an illegitimate child of the Meng family.... more>>

One is to be useful and then being used to death. The other is to be exploited for being a useless person.

After being reborn, Meng Ting chooses the second option without the slightest hesitation.

As a result, he’s being married off.

“Oh.” =.=

***

This is a story of a beautiful young man who wants to become a degenerate after coming back to life from death, but is rejected by his upstanding husband in various ways.

This is a story of saving others, and being saved by others in return.

You are my beloved, and I am the light of your life.

Meng Ting: “Nonsense…”

Yan Sui: “Everything my wife says is correct.” <<less

In the palace struggle novel, the ultimate boss, Xie Bufeng, has been void of emotional attachment since childhood, being seen as a monster. The previous emperor, afflicted with a terminal illness, used him for medical experiments, casting him into battle to perish. Unexpectedly, Xie Bufeng climbed out of the pile of corpses, returning to the capital with three thousand cavalry to establish himself as the emperor.... more>>

As soon as medical student Wen Qingci exclaimed "awesome!" he found himself transmigrated into the role of a physician experimenting on Xie Bufeng's body with the notorious black lotus elixir. His eyebrows are dotted with cinnabar and skin as smooth as jade, and being deeply devoted to medicine without distinguishing between good and evil, he was named the "demonic-faced immortal".

In the end, he was torn apart and fed to vultures.

By the time Wen Qingci arrived, Xie Bufeng had already been captured by the medical department and understood his fate. He was sickly and had a fierce glare, like a wolf cub trapped in a cage, eager to crush Wen Qingci's throat at any moment. Under the watchful eye of the emperor's confidant, Wen Qingci flicked his wrist and shoved a piece of candy into Xie Bufeng's mouth:

"This is a poison that corrodes the intestines. If Your Highness cooperates, an antidote can be obtained once a month."

Under the surveillance of the emperor and with the ending written in the book, Wen Qingci pretended to conduct serious experiments while secretly trying to detoxify him. He risked his life to save Xie Bufeng from the brink of death. Madness ensued until the day of the palace coup, when Wen Qingci took an arrow meant for Xie Bufeng's heart.

The new emperor, speaking slowly between his teeth, forced out the words: "After your death, there will be no antidote, and I will have no choice but to accompany you." Wen Qingci smiled, coughing up a mouthful of blood and shaking his head gently:

"...What I feed to Your Highness is always honey made...by myself..."

A teardrop mixed with blood fell from the corner of Xie Bufeng's eye.

Ten miles of red wedding decorations welcomed Xie Bufeng's thin coffin into the palace gates. Xie Bufeng, full of resentment towards gods and ghosts, knelt in front of the temple, offering his blood as sacrifice to the heavens, praying to see him once again. Like a madman.

Outside the city, Wen Qingci faked his death and slipped away. In the Valley of Divine Physicians, a mysterious figure emerged, tending to flowers, reading books, and listening to music, living leisurely and carefree. Until one day, news of the emperor's old illness recurred, and he was "invited" to the imperial palace.

Before Wen Qingci could figure out how to handle the situation...

The supposed terminally ill new emperor coldly pulled aside the bead curtain, his fingertips as cold as snake scales, slowly unraveling his veil.

Mini Theater:

From birth, Xie Bufeng could hear the evil thoughts in people's hearts. He grew numb amidst aversion, curses, and malicious suspicions. Only Wen Qingci was an exception.

Xie Bufeng didn't believe that Wen Qingci's heart was as clear as a mirror.

Until one day, while the noble and sorrowful palace physician bowed to the emperor and whispered in his heart:

"Shut up, you **."

Younger, lacks pain, violent wolf cub gong x elegant, sickly weak black-lotus, medical fool, big beauty Shou <<less

He Xulan is a heartthrob, adored by everyone. The new emperor likes him, the prime minister and generals in the court admire him, and the late emperor even had the Astronomical Bureau fabricate the absurd lie that marrying He Xulan would cure his illness, just to make him the lord empress.... more>>

As for Xueya, he is merely a substitute used by those who can't have He Xulan to amuse themselves.

At first, Xueya only wanted to survive, even if it meant wearing clothes meant for women. But then he discovered that his dreams could predict the future. In that future, he meets a tragic end, dying in the palace with his body wrapped in a straw mat. Wanting both life and wealth, Xueya decisively decides to replace He Xulan. Thus, he embarks on various paths of sabotaging He Xulan in various ways, even going so far as to sow discord between He Xulan and others.

**

But one day, when he sneaks out of the new emperor's palace late at night wearing a skirt, he encounters a drunk He Xulan.

The next day, Xueya sees the skirt shredded into strips...

From that day on, his skirts always end up shredded in He Xulan's palace, and he no longer needs to fake the marks on his body...

[Reading Guide]

He Xulan is the top, a heteros*xual man in the face of men other than the shou; facing the shou, he automatically bends like mosquito coils.

The top only likes the bottom, with an exceptionally thick arrow, which is not evident in the early stage and has no intimate behavior with others.

The bottom is a pretty fool. <<less

As the grandmaster of demonic cultivation, Wei Wuxian roamed the world, hated by millions for committing acts of necromancy. Overthrown by the powerful clans he had attempted to subjugate, Wei Wuxian is supposedly killed by his shidi in order to save the cultivation world. ... more>>

Restored to life in the body of Mo Xuanyu, the local cut-sleeve lunatic, in order to exact revenge on his abusive relatives, Wei Wuxian quickly finds himself spiralling back into his old life when he’s taken away by the cold-hearted, stern, and ultimately quite boring Lan Wangji – who might be harbouring warmer feelings than contempt. Perhaps of the…romantic kind?

But despite his new beginning, Wei Wuxian begins to unravel a decade and a half long mystery that is set to undo the very fabric of the cultivation world as they know it.

A mysterious, action-packed thriller of a ride, this is a journey you won’t want to miss! <<less

Kim Dokja does not consider himself the protagonist of his own life. Befitting the name his parents gave him, he is a solitary person whose sole hobby is reading web novels. For over a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yu Junghyeok, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA). ... more>>

Through Junghyeok, Dokja has experienced secondhand the trials of repeatedly regressing in time, in search of an end to life-threatening “scenarios” that force people to act out narratives for the amusement of god-like “Constellations.”

After reading 3,149 chapters—long after all other readers lost interest—Dokja finally resigns himself to the story ending. However, he receives an enigmatic message from the author, stating that the story will soon be monetized, before his surroundings suddenly go dark.

He swiftly realizes that fiction has become reality and he is now living through TWSA. Although he is the singular omniscient reader of the events yet to come, his success in the scenarios is not guaranteed—but perhaps his advantage will empower him to step into the protagonist role that never suited him before. <<less

At 21, Hyunjae has a secret partner. It’s a relationship that’s hard to explain to others—because their meetings revolve solely around s*x.... more>>

The partner who indulges Hyunjae’s every desire in bed is Nanyeong. Though honest only between the sheets, this man hides much about himself. Yet, as their relationship continues, it feels like Nanyeong is starting to develop feelings for Hyunjae.

Still, he never proposes a real relationship.

Why is that? Why won’t he say he wants to be my lover...?

“Hyunjae, we agreed not to get emotionally involved.”

When Hyunjae tentatively reveals his feelings, Nanyeong draws a line, treating their connection as nothing more than a s*xual arrangement. He even offers Hyunjae a large sum of money, as if to soothe the pain of rejection with cash—almost like buying off his heartbreak.

In the end, driven by his longing to be with Nanyeong, Hyunjae accepts the money.

What exactly are we to each other? Is my body really all you want? <<less

Chi Qiong was the only surviving ancient divine phoenix in the heavens and earth, having slumbered for billions of years before being awakened by a mediocre spirit contract master named Yun Xiguang in modern times.... more>>

He discovered that the wings that once overshadowed the heavens had turned into tender little wings, and his once majestic figure that towered over ancient beasts had become a round, chubby, fluffy body that could be held in the palm of one’s hand—a mere fledgling.

Chi Qiong gazed sternly at the spirit contract master Yun Xiguang with his tiny, bean-like eyes:

"Human, become my spirit-servant; lend me thy aid to restore mine ancient power, and I shall grant thee ten thousand years of glory."

However, when he opened his mouth, all that came out was: "Chirp, chirp, chirp!"

In order to show this ignorant human his might, Chi Qiong bestowed upon him a single phoenix feather.

Yun Xiguang picked up the downy feather that had fallen to the ground and sighed: "Sigh, the only spirit beast willing to respond to me is a little chick that sheds feathers. What else can I do? I’ll just have to dote on it."

—

[Modern Spiritbond Master Shou X Ancient Divine Phoenix Chirping Gong] l <<less

One day, I woke up in an unfamiliar body.... more>>

'Isaiah Díaz' wakes up one morning with a terrible headache.

The man staring back at him from the mirror is a pale, gloomy-faced, unfamiliar young Asian man.

On top of that, a corpse lies by the front door, accompanied by a mysterious note.

Two men break into Isaiah’s house before he can even report the situation to the police due to his confusion. They claim that he is 'Isaiah Cole,' a cold-blooded killer and the lover of Chester Kalisz, an underboss of a mafia organization known as the Kalisz family.

To make things worse, they say he has a job to assassinate his lover’s rival the very next day?!

But I’m just an ordinary college student who’s never even held a gun before!

Isaiah, Chester, and Chester’s right-hand man, Manny, pool their limited reasoning together and conclude that Isaiah is suffering from dissociative amnesia.

As confusion, panic, and fear overwhelm Isaiah, another underboss and the rival (a.k.a. assassination target), Bran Wiseman, appears before him.

“So, what’s your answer?”

Bran presses Isaiah for a reply.

It seems that something important was agreed upon between the two last night, but unfortunately, the Isaiah of today has no recollection of it.

Will Isaiah be able to navigate through this crisis?! <<less

There is a saying that you reap what you sow.... more>>

“This is Team Leader Lee Sihyun, who is in charge of marketing at Hanseong Resort.”

For example, you might run into a subordinate you had to be a bit hard on during your military service due to unavoidable circumstances, and now that subordinate is your client. You know, those kinds of things happen.

“None of this really resonates with me.”

“Haha, but if you look at the planning intent here…”

“Viewers don’t read the planning document while watching ads. They should just feel it, right?”

“You’re absolutely right. Then we’ll prepare something that anyone can just feel right away.”

As much as it sucks, this is the situation where I have to deal with the consequences of my past actions, so I’ll swallow my tears and face it. I understand and accept that.

But.

“Do you want to choke me?”

“Pardon?”

“I think it would feel good.”

“Um, Team Leader… I’m sorry, but I think I misheard you just now. So, what did you ask for?”

“I asked you to choke me. But why are you suddenly speaking so formally? It’s just the two of us, don’t ruin the mood.”

“Uh, Sihyun, aren’t you the one ruining the mood? Asking me to choke you, what does that even mean?”

Why is it that only these kinds of things compound with interest, damn it… <<less

There is a little-known secret in the Ji family of the Imperial Academy: the eldest daughter of the Ji family, unloved by her parents due to an inauspicious birth date, has a twin sister who has been lost and living elsewhere.... more>>

The two sisters, living vastly different lives, have developed contrasting personalities.

The elder sister is weak and easily bullied, simple and unsophisticated; the younger sister is vengeful, ruthless, and kills without blinking.

In the political turmoil of the court, disaster strikes the innocent.

The elder sister is schemed into marrying her father’s archenemy—Huo Xian, the infamous Commandant who recognized a traitor as his father.

Huo Xian is notorious for his ruthless methods and association with eunuchs, despised by many. He is also infatuated with beauty, with a harem filled with countless concubines, each as cunning as the next.

While everyone was mourning for the elder sister’s fate, little did they know that the one sitting in the bridal sedan heading to Huo household was no longer a meek and easily bullied innocent.

–

On the wedding night, facing her notorious husband, Ji Yuluo pretended to be frightened, trembling so much she fainted from fear.

Huo Xian found it boring and didn’t visit the inner courtyard for several days.

One day, by chance, he returned home and saw one of his beloved concubines struggling for help in the water while his timid new bride sat nearby, casually applying nail polish, and said nonchalantly, “What’s the rush? She won’t die.”

The other concubines knelt nearby, trembling as if they had seen a ghost.

Huo Xian watched with interest.

Later, he stared at the sparkling water droplets on the beauty’s neck, his gaze dark and unreadable—

“Tsk. She truly is an ancestor, my ancestor.”

Huo Xian, despised by everyone, walked a path of betrayal and isolation until he met someone who, in the face of extreme danger, handed him a blade to cut through the waves.

– Even if my name is forgotten in history, I will stand by him.

Mad (Loyal) Dog Villain × Scheming Beauty

Reading tips:

The male lead is physically and emotionally clean; the harem mentioned in the synopsis is just a setup. <<less

Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her mind to solve difficult mysteries, several of which draw her away from the library. With a drop of sweet romance, you will immediately become addicted to Gosick!!!... more>>

The companion series GosickS fills in some of the gaps before and between Gosick volumes. GosickS I takes place before Gosick I, GosickS II between Gosick IV and V, GosickS III between Gosick VI and VII, and GosickS IV between Gosick VII and VIIIa.

Note: Volume 9 is actually Volume 8 Part 2. <<less

“I’m gonna live with Irene for the rest of my life.”... more>>

“….. What?”

“I said, I won’t get married and I’ll spend the rest of my life with Irene!”

I wish I heard it wrong. Regrettably, I couldn’t stop Claudia.

“As long as I have Irene, I don’t need anything else.”

The three men looked at each other, then glared at me with angry eyes.

The insane obsession of The Crown Prince’s possessiveness, the smiling Duke yet something malice hid underneath him, and the cold eyes of The Knight that sent chill to my bones. It’s as if they regarded me as their rival.

“Shit. What kind of situation is this?” <<less

Xing Bolin died in the living room of his own home.... more>>

His older brother, Xing Baichuan, who was abroad, rushed back. The first person he met was his younger brother’s boyfriend, Li Jiangluo.

In order to confirm the cause of his brother's death, Xing Baichuan stayed at Li Jiangluo's house. Unexpectedly, he found himself gradually drawn to this quiet and reserved man who seemed to be hiding some secrets.

However, falling in love with his younger brother's lover was something Xing Baichuan found difficult to face.

—

Mature and gentle Gong x Quiet and gentle Shou <<less

She becomes interrupted by love, a jealousy inducer, and the female friend of the male lead.... more>>

And in addition, she even has an unrequited love with the male lead. It was ruined.

As long as this is the case, let’s just become friends!

It was nice to have the first meeting with such a young male lead…

“Hello, Bouser Youngae (Polite way for noble’s daughter)”

“Uwa!!” You were mistaken for a girl and you cried?

Fortunately, she managed to resolve the misunderstanding and become close friends. However, the male lead in his childhood is more shy and soft-hearted than I thought.

Eventually, she became attached to the male lead and decided to become a real friend.

However, due to the disturbance of the male lead’s father and the that war broke out, we had to be separated for a long time, I thought I could barely meet him again and stay the same as before but….

“Your eyes must have dropped a lot since I didn’t see you. Princess Averine!”

What’s wrong with him again?!

It’s not just that. Rather than getting along, he keeps get into trouble when he has a chance, and most of all, he even bothers my love business!!

Aren’t we just friends?! <<less

In her last life, Yu Lingxi fell from a myriad of stars that surrounded the moon into the dust, and was forced to sacrifice herself to the regent, Ning Yin. The regent was born handsome and beautiful, but unfortunately he has a crippled leg. He was a twisted and cruel madman who killed his brothers and father. What Yu Lingxi was most afraid of was that while wiping the fresh blood on his hands, he smiled and said to her: “Lingxi, come here.”... more>>

After only two years of marriage, Yu Lingxi passed away suddenly. After her death, Ning Yin did not set up a mourning hall, did not make funeral arrangements and buried her, and became even more insane, slaughtering the city with blood.

Then she was reborn at fifteen years old, when she was still a high-ranking noble daughter of the general’s mansion, and Ning Yin was not yet the regent who covered the sky with one hand. Unable to swallow this anger, Yu Lingxi took the guards to find Ning Yin, who was living on the street, and intended to beat him anonymously to avenge the resentment in her previous life.

Unexpectedly, when she rushed to the scene in anger, she saw the thin boy curled up and was being pressed to the ground, and his left leg was about to be broken. The muddy water was covered with blood and trickled down, soaking his dark and resentful eyes red…

Only then did she realize what a pitiful past Ning Yin had. Yu Lingxi made a mistake due to a strange combination of circumstances, and instead of going to beat someone, she went to save him. She had no choice but to take in the little poor boy and try her best to teach him to be an upright young man with a healthy body and mind. To her surprise, as she taught and taught, the little poor boy looked at her with more gloomy and strange eyes. <<less

One day, when I returned home, I found an unfamiliar girl standing at my doorstep. After talking with her a bit, I learned she used to be my best friend—a man. Apparently, he was transported to another world, turned into a woman, and has only just managed to return. With nowhere else to go, she ended up living with me for the time being.... more>>

—Wait a second. Come to think of it, what kind of guy was she before going to the other world?

This is the story of a former "Saintess" who returned from another world as a TS girl.

The male protagonist is under the influence of brainwashing that makes him believe the TS girl is his best friend.

It’s a story about a jaded TS girl who, while being healed by an easygoing male protagonist, gradually opens up and struggles with various emotions.

The novel alternates between the perspectives of the male protagonist and the TS girl. <<less

To enter a photography competition, Liu Ying traveled north, where he accidentally captured Yu Huan’s image.... more>>

This single photograph drew all sorts of people who had once been connected to Yu Huan to this remote border town.

There was He Chen, claiming to be Yu Huan’s younger brother; Zhou Hua, claiming to be his classmate; and Yu Qing, claiming to be his older brother.

Through these individuals, Liu Ying gradually pieced together Yu Huan’s past, understanding why his eyes were always filled with sorrow.

“He craved challenges. Once everything went his way, he found life dull. Yet whenever Yu Huan built a life of his own, he would become consumed by jealous rage, repeating the cycle endlessly.”

“He knew he was mad, so he felt justified in his actions.”

“Driven by a destructive urge, a need for control, and a possessive desire, he was a born madman. Even if he no longer wanted something, he wouldn’t allow anyone else to touch it.” <<less

Since ancient times, a Regas has been a being that exists to tame the king who inherits the power of the dragon.... more>>

Abel, who received training to become Regas from his master, meets the prince who will become the future king.

“Wow, it’s the first time our eyes have met. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Abel, Your Highness.”

The young prince, who was ab*sed and hurt by his mother, did not open his heart to anyone. Until then, no Regas had been able to endure him.

However.

“Since Your Highness looks so frightened, I feel I should stay by your side.”

Only Abel was able to open the prince’s heart.

“As long as I’m alive, I will stay by Your Highness’ side.”

“…Abel.”

However, due to the scheming of the ‘King’s Heart’ which had effectively controlled the king and produced the king’s Regas, Abel eventually dies.

* * *

And after 12 years have passed.

In the meantime, the once young prince has become an adult and ascended to the throne as the emperor, unifying the continent through wars, but the ‘King’s Heart’ still remains intact.

Abel, who has gained a new life, and the prince who became an emperor.

Can these two people recognize the changes in each other and destroy the ‘King’s Heart’? <<less

Nie erfahren wir unser Leben stärker, als in großer Liebe und in tiefer Trauer.... more>>

We only experience our lives more profoundly in these moments: in intense love and deep sorrow.

-Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926)

Time: The long weekend of German Unity Day (Tag der deutschen Einheit; October 3)

Location: A small town in the Swabian Alps (Schwäbische Alb)

Characters: Erik Bergmann, Felix Lorbeer <<less

Qi Xiaoyu was a pillar of the Red Moon Troupe during the Republic of China period. He had a unique appearance, figure, and singing style. His ability to adapt to all kinds of people and situations is even more remarkable.... more>>

Meanwhile, Qi Xiaoyu, the starlet in the novel “Sick President Sadistically Loves Me”, is the complete opposite. As a small cannon fodder who had a “warding-off” wedding with the soon-to-be-dying President Xun in order to “wash away” his bad luck and “cure his illness,” this person is s*upid, conceited, arrogant, and proud of his beauty. He gave the president a green hat, coveted the president’s family property, framed the protagonist shou, and was finally sent to an asylum by the sick president, where he was locked up until he turned into an actual lunatic.

When Qi Xiaoyu transmigrated, it was the same night that he was sent to the sick president for the warding-off ceremony……

Qi Xiaoyu judged the situation and was very clear about what he wanted:

Before the protagonist shou appeared, he would obediently clamp his tail tightly between his legs, coax the president into submission, and strive to develop his acting career. After the protagonist shou appeared, he would work hard to match the two of them, retire after success, and divorce the president!

Qi Xiaoyu blinked his big, innocent eyes and smiled, saying, “What the Third Master said is right. Come on, I’ll massage your legs.”

His face is harmless, innocent, and pure.

At the beginning, Third Master Xun casually glanced at Qi Xiaoyu and said, “I have a cleanliness habit. Don’t just push a random person toward me.”

Not long after, Third Master Xun lazily looked at Qi Xiaoyu at his side and said, “This little thing is quite attentive.”

Later, Third Master Xun, whose attitude has completely made a 180-degree turn, couldn’t leave his wife for a day and just wanted to spoil him to heaven. <<less

To love someone deeply is to wish to imprison them with a golden lock.... more>>

When Duan Yelin first saw Xu Hang, he wanted to lock him up and hide his beauty in the golden house—in fact, he did so.

If he seized him by force, he is a robber; if he is being patient and indifferent, he will be meat in someone else's chopsticks.

Xu Hang was unwilling, but he wanted to live. There were still many things he had not done, so he finally entered Xiaotong Guan.

It's a long-standing battle.

Even after four years of entanglement, Xu Hang always seemed like a bowl of freshly brewed medicine, with a faint aroma, but only after drinking it could one know whether it was poison or antidote.

It was a long time later that Duan Yelin realized that what he had locked up was not a cold and arrogant golden sparrow but a cold and sharp golden hairpin. <<less

“Did you approach me on purpose from the beginning?”... more>>

"...... yes."

“Must have been hard pretending to love the enemy’s daughter.”

Annette, of royal blood and the only daughter of a military general.

After two years of passionate love, she married her father's loyal subordinate, Heiner.

The happiness she thought would last forever with her wonderful and loving husband.

Everything was perfect.
Everything seemed perfect.
Until her husband's treachery caused the downfall of her family.

"I'm divorcing you, Heiner.”

"It is not granted."

“Do you still have any use left for me? My parents are dead, the monarchy has fallen. I have nothing. Your revenge is over."

“Madam, where do you intend to go to be happy?"

“...... there is nowhere I can be happy.”

Heiner stretched the corners of his mouth and smiled.

“If that's the case anyway, you'll be unhappy by my side for the rest of your life.”

Annette suddenly realized that his revenge was not over.

And that she had to break off this sickening toxic relationship with her own hands. <<less

In her previous life, Mei Wushuang was a useless footnote under the dazzling light of her eldest sister's story. Her own family, led by her ambitious sister, plotted to seize her marriage and dowry until she broke off the original engagement and married another man. Only after seeing her eldest sister marrying Prince Wei in her place did Wushuang suddenly see the truth.... more>>

Years later, Prince Wei, Ji Yang, ascended the throne as Emperor. Her eldest sister became the virtuous empress that everyone praised, but Wushuang's husband "sold his wife for glory" and offered her to her brother-in-law, the Emperor.

She became the Lady Fengtian, a title whispered in hushed tones. Everyone said that she was a minister's wife but had defiled the palace and bewitched the Emperor with her charm.

"If the Mei family desires the Crown Prince," Ji Yang declared, "he will be yours to birth."

Then she died, and when she opened her eyes again, she had come back to life, back to that moment when her eldest sister had proposed the fateful marriage swap.

——

The world only knew that Prince Wei, Ji Yang, was capricious, cruel by nature, and bloodthirsty, earning him the title of "Wife Killer." However, they did not know that Prince Wei and Ji Yang were two souls sharing one body.

The true Prince Wei was calm and restrained, a man of hidden depths and calculated ambition. The crazy Ji Yang acted recklessly and was violent and willful.

For Prince Wei, marrying Mei Wushuang was a duty, the fulfillment of a promise, for Ji Yang, she was his medicine, and also his life.

Prince Wei never imagined that one day he would be jealous of his other half, a jealousy that would haunt him across two lifetimes. <<less