I Found My One True Love, Now the Ominous Prince Dotes on Me

A childhood-sweethearts story about a deranged, ill-fated prince who learns to be human for love. A sweet-faced, dark-hearted, pitiful prince who acts all cute * a gentle, aristocratic young master who spoils him far too much

[Deranged, redemption, flirtatious, childhood sweethearts, mutual firsts, happy ending]

A long-planned struggle for the throne made Yang Ling an ill-omened child everyone feared from the moment he was born. His father, the emperor, had him confined outside the palace and left him to fend for himself... Within a few years, his mother had died, and after enduring hunger and beatings day after day, he had no choice but to flee to the desolate mountains in search of food...

Chu Huai rescued a child who was barely alive. He truly cared for the boy, favoring him, indulging him, and doting on him... until an imperial decree arrived announcing a marriage arrangement, and everything changed...

“You’re going to assassinate the emperor?!”

Yang Ling smiled, sending a chill down the other man’s spine. “Of course not. I’m only kindly helping the Ji clan get things over with sooner.”

As he smiled, his expression suddenly changed, wickedness pouring from him. “Mind your words!”

“Don’t saddle me with such a vile accusation. From now on, he and I will share honor and disgrace, for better or worse. I will never allow anyone to tarnish his good name! Understood?!”

Chu Huai: “A Ling, when you asked me that day why I was ‘degrading’ myself, it broke my heart.”

“Not because I felt sorry for myself, and not because you were harsh with me. It was because my A Ling has never been willing to believe he’s a good person.”

“A Ling, you’re wonderful. So, so wonderful, better than anyone else in this world.”

“A Huai~~~ Woof!”

An alternate ancient setting, so no need to nitpick historical accuracy. I’m terrible at blurbs, so please just start reading!