She's Only a Chambermaid, Yet the Prince Favors Her Day and Night

{Lustful Prince vs. Sweet, Gentle Maid}

Everyone in the capital knows that Shen Qingyuan is the most dutiful maid in Prince Yu Pei Jin’s household, as docile as a rabbit.

Pei Jin married her simply to help care for the young son his late elder brother left behind.

She thought that as long as she behaved, she could secure a place for herself in the prince’s household.

But after they married, she discovered that this man was nothing like he seemed.

By day, everyone praised him as a virtuous prince. At night, she had to fulfill her duties as his maid, sharing an intimate closeness with him.

Even more absurdly, he expected her to sing lullabies whenever the young heir had nightmares.

Shen Qingyuan worked herself to the bone day and night, feeling that the job offered terrible “value for money.” Her body was exhausted, and her heart even more so.

So she quietly packed her belongings and prepared to run away.

But before she could make it out the back door, the man, radiating icy menace, caught her red-handed.

Pei Jin pinned her against a rockery. His eyes were clouded with darkness, and his voice was hoarse and fierce. “Trying to run? It seems this prince hasn’t been paying you enough ‘monthly wages.’”

In the end, Shen Qingyuan did manage to escape.

Three months later, Pei Jin cornered her in a narrow lane in the water town of Jiangnan. The once lofty prince now had bloodshot eyes, and his voice was almost pleading. “I was wrong. I don’t care about being called virtuous anymore. I only want you. Come home with me, please?”

Shen Qingyuan leaned lazily against the doorway and raised an eyebrow at him, giving a soft laugh. “You want me to come back? Fine, but this time, my monthly wages will have to be doubled.”