The Legitimate Daughter’s Dazzling Return: The Playful Prince’s Darling

Also known as Love at First Sight: The Dashing Prince Spoils Me Rotten

The Dashing Prince × The Left Chancellor’s Second Legitimate Daughter

[Later twists on the usual tropes + the dashing prince pursues his wife + pure historical romance + ensemble cast + happy ending + legitimate daughter + doted-on sweetheart + both leads are devoted only to each other + one-on-one romance + satisfying revenge + love at first sight]

Xiao Jingchen, the beloved youngest legitimate son of the Emperor and Empress, was a dashing prince known to everyone in the capital. Born bold and flamboyant, he wore red every day and frequented the pleasure quarters with his childhood friend Shen Jinghong. He passed through a thousand blossoms without a single leaf clinging to him, until at the Lantern Festival, he fell in love at first sight with Gu Nian'an, the Left Chancellor’s second legitimate daughter, as she watched fireworks by the lake. From that day on, he was never seen again in the capital’s pleasure quarters.

Gu Nian'an was truly the darling of her family. Her parents, elder brothers, and twin sister, Gu Nianwei, doted on her, while her maternal grandfather’s family, the Duke of the State’s household, cherished her too. She and her sister were known as the “Capital’s Twin Beauties.” The koi jade pendant she wore was the only keepsake her maternal grandmother had left behind. Her sister and she each had one, making the pendants especially precious.

To find the jade pendant she had lost, Xiao Jingchen stayed up all night searching the entire street. To prove himself worthy of her, he put aside his red robes, attended court, and took charge of state affairs. He even volunteered to travel to Jiangnan to manage the floods.

On the day the Crown Prince married Gu Nianwei, Xiao Jingchen knelt in public in the Hall of Supreme Harmony and swore: “In this life, Gu Nian'an will be the only woman for me. I will never take a concubine.” But Gu Nian'an calmly proposed a three-year agreement. “I want to spend more time with my parents, travel across the land, and learn everything I can. If you can’t wait even three years, how can we walk side by side for the decades to come?” Xiao Jingchen replied with deep affection, “You only need to take one step. I’ll take the other ninety-nine.”

In the end, he shortened the three years to one through his actions, and married Gu Nian'an as his princess consort, just as he had wished...