"A sweet-and-salty fallen flower vs. a tongue-tied, blushing prince with secret identities"
[Secret identities + sweet romance + exclusive devotion + both untouched + alternate setting + no System + no transmigration]
Bandit leader Yin Zhi was struck by a spring poison. In a cave, she forced herself on a man and dragged him back to her stronghold to make him her husband.
Not only did she rob him and take liberties with him, she even found on him a jade pendant belonging to Prince Xiaoyang, who was hunting bandits.
An idea struck Yin Zhi. Using Prince Xiaoyang's name, she spread rumors that they had an extraordinary relationship, then threw her weight around on the mountain.
When the man she'd dragged back to the stronghold heard this, he panicked and demanded she clear things up at once!
I, Prince Xiaoyang, barely have time to hunt bandits. Since when have I been backing them?
The man Yin Zhi had dragged back to the stronghold was none other than Prince Xiaoyang, Yuwen Huai. Out of gratitude for her saving his life, he took her back to the capital. He'd meant for them to call it even, but how had things spiraled so far out of control?
"I heard Prince Xiaoyang keeps a bandit mistress?"
"Isn't she his future in-law?"
Rumors were running wild. Then people discovered that the so-called mistress was actually the prince's future princess consort, and the future princess consort was the mistress?
"Those two are really taking things way too far, aren't they?"
"But she's a bandit, too!"
Later, the bandit woman carved a path through everyone who looked down on her past. They all ended up eating their words, then scrambling to curry favor with her.
"Don't expect rigorous literature. Come for a bit of fun, but if you care about logic, this one's not for you."
