The Male Companion I Kept Was the Enemy Kingdom's Prince

[Both leads are virgins, happy ending, a touch of court intrigue, mutual redemption]

Pei Shuchen’s life was hard from the start. His father, the emperor, ignored him, and his mother, the empress, despised him. From the age of three, she regularly fed him all kinds of poison and threw him into the dungeon, where servants were free to beat him.

Just as he began to consider ending his life, Wen Chaomu, the only princess of Zhaoding, entered his heart like a ray of light.

But war between Xiling and Zhaoding was imminent, and Zhaoding was certain to lose.

Fifteen years ago, everyone had hoped the empress of Zhaoding would give birth to a prince. In the end, she gave birth to a princess instead.

“Why were you born a girl?”

“Wen Chaomu! All this happened because you’re a girl! It’s all your fault!”

And so Wen Chaomu grew up amid the empress’s constant scolding.

Later, when the empress died, Wen Chaomu finally gained her freedom. She also left her innocent, carefree self behind, growing ruthless and cautious.

Then one day, she saw a gentle, refined young man. One glance was enough for her to know that they were cut from the same cloth.