[Ancient-Era Angsty Romance + Scheming Secret Identity + Noble Heiress + Duty to Country and Family + Double S]
Also known as: A City-Wide Longing
As the legitimate daughter of the prime minister of the Li Kingdom, Shen Yu should have been able to enjoy the life of a noble heiress, even if everything didn't go smoothly all the time. But honestly, folks, what's the Seventh Prince's problem? He's always picking fights with her. When they were kids, he threw her into the Thousand Carp Pond. Now that they've grown up, he keeps coming to propose every few days, so the matchmakers in the capital are afraid to approach her. Rumors spread that the legitimate daughter of the Shen family is as ugly as a toad, and fewer and fewer people dare to come propose. Prime Minister Shen worries every day, while Shen Yu is perfectly content.
One day, Shen Yu wonders why her master's letters haven't arrived at the residence on time. Then she discovers that the letters from the past few months seem to contain another hidden meaning. What's going on?
Shen Yu decides to go find her master herself. She sets out by carriage in the middle of the night, but who can tell her who that dissolute, carefree man in black robes is, sitting in her carriage?
“Your Highness, is your rear end stuck to tree sap?”
“No. Why do you ask?”
“In that case...” Shen Yu gives him a forced smile and tugs at her own hair. “Please lift your esteemed rear and let go of my hair.”
Li Yan says apologetically, “Ah, then I owe A-Yu an apology. Since that's the case, I'll have to offer myself to you and spend my next life making it up to you.”
Shen Yu rolls her eyes.
But later, she discovers that a greater secret seems to lie behind the whole affair, from beginning to end...
Looks good, but a bit confusing