Crossing the Spring Tide

[Black-hearted, frail heroine x ruthless, cold-hearted crown prince]

Because Qin Raorao came from a merchant family, she was looked down on from the moment she entered the palace. Her father had saved the emperor, and so the emperor had forced her on the Eastern Palace.

Life in the Eastern Palace was unbearable. She stayed by his side for years without a name or status, while everyone called her shameless and said she was fit only to be his concubine. The princess whipped her, and the future crown princess humiliated her.

He lifted her chin, wearing a smile that was almost a sneer. "If you follow me again, I'll have your maid's hands chopped off."

Everyone mocked her for being lowborn and worthless.

But no one knew that she did not love His Highness the Crown Prince at all. Perhaps she had loved him a little, but even that small amount of love had been worn away by his cold cruelty.

One day, assassins held a knife to her throat, and he turned and walked away with his future crown princess in his arms.

Later, she became a princess of a neighboring kingdom. His eyes reddened. "Raorao, don't think you can leave me."

Qin Raorao replied coldly, "Stay back. You're getting in the way of me taking consorts."