[Extra sweet romance + she pursues him + secret crush + flirtation + love at first sight + happy ending]
[Sweet, handsome, and neglected young prince VS domineering, sexy, irresistible maid with peerless martial arts]
Shangguan Mudan grew up in the pleasure quarter. With peerless martial arts, she loves standing up for people who are being treated unfairly.
Li Xuan, Prince of Ceshan, comes from a noble family. Though handsome, he is neglected, timid, and often bullied.
The hero and heroine seem to have wandered into the wrong story, with nothing in common, until a chance romantic encounter binds them together by fate...
To stay by the side of the young prince she has secretly loved for years, Mudan becomes his personal maid.
“Your Highness, would you hire me as your maid?” Mudan gazes tenderly at the man she has loved from afar for three years.
“I’m sorry! I already have a girlfriend!”
Li Xuan’s fiancée, Fang Yinzhu, is a senior official in the Ministry of Rites and the niece of the current Chancellor Fang. She excels at music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She is highborn and deeply calculating...
Though Li Xuan is neglected, he is earnest and kind. He never looks down on or scorns Mudan, and is gradually moved by her resilience and goodness.
With Li Xuan’s help, Mudan begins working to change her fate. Using her wit and courage, she gradually escapes the lowly status of a courtesan.
She refuses to rely on a man’s charity, instead carving out a place for herself with her own hands. Cleverly navigating the schemes and intrigues of the palace, she wins the people around her over with her kindness and sincerity, gradually earning Li Xuan’s true affection and rising all the way to become the noble Crown Princess...
