Tempting Beauty

College student Xia Liqian wakes up as the villain—a debauched princess with a harem of male concubines and a death sentence already written. Her newest prize? Pei Zhiyu, a hostage prince who kneels before her with murder in his eyes. The novel's plot is crystal clear: he'll endure five years of humiliation in her palace, let her trample his dignity, play the perfect fool… then seize the throne and slaughter her entire household. Xia Liqian knows exactly how this story ends—with her head on a spike. So why is he looking at her like that? And why does survival suddenly feel more complicated tha…