The Cannon-Fodder Bedchamber Maid Is Forced into Love by the Original Novel's Male Lead

[Extra chapters updated] [Transmigrate into a book + palace and household intrigue + both leads are inexperienced + happy ending]

Transmigrating into a book isn't scary. What's scary is becoming a sacrificial extra whose role is to bring the male and female leads together.

Unfortunately, Liu Ying is that extra.

To escape her fate as a sacrificial extra, and to survive in an unfamiliar dynasty with a rigid hierarchy where masters can kill servants at will, Liu Ying is cautious at every turn and plans her every move. She even finds herself a powerful patron to rely on.

But as she clings to him, Liu Ying realizes she's fallen for her patron.

Not long after, the emperor issues an edict betrothing the eldest princess to He Jingming. Liu Ying hears that the princess treats human lives as worthless. If she has to share a husband with her, she'll end up dead sooner or later. So before the princess can marry into the Duke of Su's household, Liu Ying decides to make a run for it.

He Jingming, the young master of the Duke of Su's household, is virtuous and refined, with the serene elegance of a bright moon. He has never cared much for women, and even he never imagined that one day a little maid would capture his heart.

He quietly watches his bedchamber maid match wits with others, secretly cleaning up the messes she leaves behind. He assumes she will happily stay by his side, until he learns by chance that she has been planning all along to leave the duke's household and leave him.

He Jingming flies into a rage, keeps her locked at his side, and showers her with affection night after night.

But he never expects her to escape anyway.

When he sees Liu Ying again, He Jingming, eyes red, offers her the position of principal wife, begging only for her to return with him.