The Ten Years Before the Crown Prince Married

[Both Pure × Childhood Friends, 1v1 Romance] [Early: Childhood-Friend Days × Revenge; Later: A Lovestruck Crown Prince Dotes on His Wife] In those peaceful days, Crown Prince Chu Yanli stroked her hair and chuckled. “Xiyun, I’ll marry you one day.” Shen Xiyun, the Grand Tutor’s daughter, had once been his one and only indulgence, his cheeky little shadow who never knew her place. Then disaster struck. The entire Shen family was falsely accused and slaughtered at the execution grounds. She narrowly escaped, while he, deep in the palace, received only news of her “death.” From then on, the Eastern Palace stood empty, and he became a lone, isolated heir to the throne. After four years in hiding, she shed her sweet, innocent nature and infiltrated the palace as a lowly maid. Her slender hands lifted a golden goblet. “Chu Yanli, who sentenced my entire Shen family to death? Can the grand wedding you promised me make up for my father and brothers’ blood and tears?” Night after night, he drank alone beneath the moon. Through his drunken haze, he realized that the new maid looked just like the ghost he held dear. He lost control and gripped her wrist tightly. “Xiyun? Is it you?” But she bowed with a graceful smile, her manner distant. “Your Highness has mistaken me for someone else. I’m a lowly servant. How could I ever presume to be your beloved white moonlight?” This time, she didn’t want a phoenix crown and bridal robes. She wanted the mastermind to pay for the blood debt!