The Princess Looks Up, and the Prince Bows His Head

Name: The Princess Looks Up, and the Prince Bows His Head
Author: Yang Yunni

王妃抬眸王爷低头

by Yang Yunni (扬云霓)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 547k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Palace & Household Intrigue
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Zhou Yuening and Zhao Ke are childhood sweethearts (or so it seems).

Whenever Zhou Yuening runs into him, she is almost always at her most wretched.

Zhao Ke: She caused my mother to be confined in the Cold Palace for ten years.

Why should she get to grow up safe and sound, dressed in fine clothes and eating well, smiling warmly at other young men? Why should someone come to propose to her with a bright future in hand when she comes of age?

He refuses to let her have her way. The Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace is helpless against their childhood betrothal, but Zhao Ke has a plan!

He takes her new husband with them on a journey north.

When they meet again, fate has come full circle and everyone gets what they deserve. So why is he the one who ends up embarrassed every time?

He seems to have fallen for her long ago.

He helps her get a divorce as smoothly as possible, only to realize then that she can’t stand him.

Zhou Yuening heads north to find her father, runs into the male lead, and nearly gets shot dead by him. So much for the hero saving the beauty!

Zhou Yuening and Su Xiaoxiao fall into enemy hands. The two beautiful women help each other through it.

After Zhou Yuening and Zhao Ke marry, Zhao Ke’s iconic refusal to take concubines.

Chuqi: “Miss Qing’er hasn’t kicked up a fuss today.”

Zhou Yuening is so angry she nearly faints. “Then what are you here for?”

Chuqi: “The prince can’t sleep.”

Zhou Yuening grits her teeth. “If he can’t sleep, does that mean no one else is allowed to sleep either?”

Shiyi: “Do you think the princess is becoming more down-to-earth?”

Shiyi thinks for a moment. “With all the trouble our master puts her through, even a celestial maiden descending from the heavens would end up with a taste for the everyday world.”

Shisan suddenly understands. “So that’s what they mean when they say a fiery woman can’t resist a persistent man.” Please: If you think it’s good, please leave a positive review or recommend it. The complete novel is over 500,000 words, and it’s already finished. I’m writing it for love, so I won’t abandon it, even if the stats are driving me crazy.

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