The Bandit Chief and the Charming Princess

[No transmigration, no rebirth] A princess is sentenced to a flogging and confined to her chambers for secretly freeing the crown prince of an enemy kingdom. Three years later, she petitions to lead a bandit-suppression campaign in hopes of winning her freedom, only to be tied up and carried back to his stronghold.

Love blossomed at that first glance.

He says, “When the time is right, I'll let her go.”

Then, after their child is born, he looks at the profile of the person beside him on the pillow, pulls her into his arms, and says, “It's not dawn yet. Sleep a little longer?”