After Raising His Enemy's Daughter, the Crown Prince Begged for Forgiveness

I fell in love with a fallen young master. His name was Shen Qing, a handsome man I brought home on a rainy night. He was gentle and considerate. He taught me to read and keep accounts, said he would help me find my father, and promised me a safe and peaceful life. I gave him my whole heart, believing he was the only salvation in the darkness. It was only when the Chancellor’s carriage came to take me home that I learned I was the legitimate daughter of Chancellor Li. It was only when we met again at a palace banquet that I saw him seated high upon the crown prince’s throne, looking at me as if I were a speck of dust. “My crown princess will be a noblewoman from a great family, never some orphan girl from the streets.” I no longer cared about him. I turned away and accepted an arranged marriage for the sake of my family. On my wedding day, I married the man who truly loved me. And he slaughtered the entire Li family and locked me away in the palace. I used to think he didn’t love me. But late at night, he would kneel beside my bed with reddened eyes, kissing the marks around my wrists again and again. “Shu’er, tell me you hate me. Tell me you want to kill me…” “But in your heart, there can only be me.” I stroked my slightly rounded belly and smiled at him. “Rong Qing, you taught me to pull up weeds by the roots.” “Then guess what the first thing I learned was…”