After Being Loved at First Sight by the Emperor

Emperor Pei Chengjue, young and unfamiliar with love, one day encountered Qiao Tang outside the palace. Her face was as beautiful as a flower, and her smile was enchanting. He was momentarily lost in her beauty and summoned her into the palace, saying, "I just want to talk to my older sister."

Qiao Tang: "..." To phrase such forceful demand so innocently.

Qiao Tang had no feelings for the Emperor but was forcibly kept in the palace. The Empress Dowager, disapproving of her having been married, promised to release her once Pei Chengjue grew tired of her. To leave the palace sooner, Qiao Tang deliberately befriended him.

Pei Chengjue, having tasted love, was filled with a fervent and sincere heart. "I adore my older sister. Does big sister like me?" Qiao Tang coaxed, "I do." As Pei Chengjue approached adulthood, he remained stubbornly infatuated, relentlessly pursuing her.

She panicked. What happened to him getting tired of her? One day, Pei Chengjue overheard Qiao Tang's voice from outside the window: "Once His Majesty chooses a consort, I can leave the palace and perhaps return to Jizhou with you, my ex-husband." A gentle male voice replied, "It seems Tangtang truly dislikes His Majesty." "If His Majesty hadn't forced me into the palace..."

Pei Chengjue's eyes turned blood red. For the first time in his life, he experienced the heart-wrenching pain and hatred of being betrayed. For several days afterward, Qiao Tang was confined to her chambers. Pei Chengjue's once ardent eyes were now terrifyingly cold.

"Consort Hui still thinks I'm the same as before, that a few tears will make me relent?" The extremely aggressive man was no longer the easily coaxed youth. Qiao Tang swallowed the bitter fruit she had personally planted, biting her lip without a sound.

When the selection of imperial concubines was discussed again, Qiao Tang volunteered to leave the palace. Pei Chengjue's thin lips curled in a sneer, "Do you think I would keep a woman I'm tired of?" Later, he regretted every hurtful word he had spoken.

Reading notes: The Emperor is sincere and passionate in the early stages, then becomes twisted and tyrannical in the later stages; the heroine is a gentle, clear-headed beauty. She is not a virgin, he is. The heroine is 20, the hero 18 at the beginning. The hero calls the heroine 'older sister.' The heroine has her ex-husband in her heart in the early stages.

Follow-up novel preview: "An Old Friend in My Heart." Forced love + wife-chasing crematorium. In the second year of Jingming, spring, someone saw the Emperor following a woman down a long street. The woman had a graceful figure, her eyes were covered by a plain blindfold, and she held a young boy's hand. "Mother, this way." They soon disappeared, and the Emperor stood stunned for a long time.

The news reached the Empress, who that night found the Emperor wearing an old dress, looking weary and distraught in the candlelight. She thoughtfully suggested, "Since an old friend is so unforgettable, why doesn't Your Majesty bring her into the palace? If she minds, I will volunteer to leave the palace myself." The Emperor lowered his gaze, "She has remarried and has a child."

Asu brought her child to the capital with her husband, who was in poor health. Fortunately, a young man helped them. That young man became very close with her husband and even offered to heal Asu's eyes. Her husband was delighted and invited the young man to stay overnight at their home.

Late at night, in the gauze curtain, a hand caressed Asu's eyes, light as a feather, full of tenderness. Asu trembled slightly, "Hu-husband?" She waited a long time for her husband to reply. Puzzled, she turned over and bumped into a warm embrace. Then, a pair of arms held her tight, and she fell into a deep sleep.

The day before Asu regained her sight, her husband smiled at the young man, saying, "My wife is about to meet her benefactor." When Asu's eyes recovered, strangely, the young man was gone. Her husband was puzzled and described the young man's appearance to Asu. Asu panicked and decided to leave the capital the next day, but found the Emperor's carriage blocking the city gate.

Note: The Emperor and Empress's marriage is a political alliance with ulterior motives; they have no intimate relations. The heroine's marriage to her husband is a genuine one. Content tags: Palace intrigue, Devoted Love, Fated Match, Wife-Chasing Crematorium. Qiao Tang, Pei Chengjue. One-sentence summary: Older Woman, Younger Man | Female Not Virgin, Male Virgin | Loved at First Sight by the Younger Brother. Theme: Life of self-reliance and self-improvement.