Discontinued. Don’t read.
[Alternate universe + devoted couple + healing + seduction + equally matched leads + happy ending]
Scheming cross-dressing pursuer × dark, sensitive, insecure pursued
Across a vast and boundless continent stand many nations, each with its own customs and order.
Among them, Yuelan and Riyu are mighty countries with vast territories. The endless mountain range running through the continent divides them, with Yuelan in the south and Riyu in the north, each controlling half the land.
For years, they have been wary of and constrained by each other, maintaining a delicate balance of power and keeping the continent outwardly peaceful amid hidden currents.
Shen Huili, the second prince of Riyu, has been a pawn in the hands of his scumbag father since birth. For political gain, his father sends him to Yuelan, a country where women hold the highest status, as a prince consort.
An Rui: “Second Master, I hear the third princess, Duanmu Qinghuan, is a strange one. She’s sickly and probably won’t live long.”
Shen Huili sneers. “Good. The useless don’t deserve my attention if they won’t be around for long.”
On the very night he enters Lianxing Hall as a live-in son-in-law, Eunuch Cao, a servant of the third princess, throws Shen Huili into the bathing hall.
Eunuch Cao: “Your Highness, your newlywed husband couldn’t bear to be alone on your wedding night and sneaked a look at you bathing.”
Pei Siyou looks down at the heap of a person kneeling on the floor, a dark glint in her long, narrow eyes.
“Raise your head.”
Shen Huili’s body jolts violently. When he slowly raises his head, his mind explodes.
A man! Abs! Heterochromia! So...!
“What’s your name?”
“Shen Huili.”
Pei Siyou frowns in displeasure. What kind of decent person gives a child such a terrible name? It sounds so unlucky...
“That name won’t do. From now on, you’ll be called Shen Zhongli.”
