[Bright, sunny, and clever princess × sensitive, insecure hostage prince who wins himself over]
Both leads are inexperienced | Fictional setting | Light court intrigue | Sweet and lighthearted romance
I opened my eyes to find myself transmigrated into the body of a princess of the Yu Kingdom who had been blind for three years. I was also forced to marry a beautiful hostage prince sent from an enemy kingdom.
Rumor had it that she was lecherous and cruel, while the hostage prince was helpless and frail, a poor soul sent away as a disposable pawn in a political marriage.
I only wanted to lie flat and take it easy, but I kept getting the feeling that the hostage prince's gaze was growing more and more strange. I casually gave him a bottle of antidote, and he clutched it with scarlet ears, closing his eyes to inhale its scent. I punished the male consort who had bullied him, and he never forgot it, secretly giving me his heart...
Li Chengshuang: “I didn't even do anything...”
Pei Zhuozhi: “Your Highness must... have me in her heart.”
Then, to reassure the court officials, I publicly swore:
“I will have no one but him for the rest of my life.”
The fierce, possessive fire that suddenly flared in the hostage prince's eyes frightened me. The very next night, he took a blade for me, revealing a hideous scar, then laughed hoarsely:
“If Your Highness wants to abandon me, I'll remind you every day that I was wounded for you.”
After he finally confessed his feelings, the hostage prince tugged at my clothes that night, curled up against my neck, and sobbed:
“Back in the Li Kingdom... anyone... could bully me.”
Li Chengshuang: I really did want to lie flat. I'm perfectly happy with how things are.
Pei Zhuozhi: It's not enough. Your Highness deserves the highest throne.
The plot line and the characters are all pretty good, and the emotional line is also well developed. The long and steady flow is a type that I personally prefer, but I deducted 1 point because it was too short.