The Crown Prince Is Hard to Tame

Scheming and sly + deliberate seduction + both untouched + constantly at each other's throats

Huo Yutang, daughter of the Prince of Zhenbei, is ordered by imperial decree to enter the Eastern Palace. She thinks winning over her husband, the Crown Prince, will be easy, but who could have guessed that Shen Rui would be harder to tame than a wild stallion?

As if being difficult to tame weren't enough, he even wants her dead. How can she put up with that?

Of course she can't put up with it for a second...

Guided by the principle of meeting defiance head-on:

She wants to kill the father and keep the child, then become empress dowager.

He wants to seize her military authority and keep her under house arrest.

A few days later, in the bath in the rear hall.

Though Shen Rui had stationed layer upon layer of guards, who could have expected Huo Yutang to smash through the roof and drop in like a divine soldier, landing straight in the bath!

Splash!

"Your Highness! Your consort is here!"

"Huo Yutang!!!"

With water flying everywhere, the two immediately fell into a brawl. She shoved his head under the water, he locked his arm around her throat, and bubbles gurgled without end. They nearly drowned each other in the bath.

"Stop!!" Shen Rui finally broke down. He was the first to break free, leaning against the edge of the pool and gasping for breath as droplets streamed from his hair. "We... need to talk!"

Huo Yutang wiped the water from her face, her gaze still resolute. "There's nothing to talk about. Let's cut to the chase and get it done! Once it's over, we'll both be better off."

Shen Rui was momentarily speechless at her blunt, shameless proposition, then shook his head helplessly. "You don't have me in your heart at all. This... can't be done."