After Exile: The Crown Prince Learns His Lesson from an Exiled Palace Maid

No transmigration, no System, no rebirth: a historical tale of hardship and political intrigue!

A sudden palace coup brought down the Eastern Palace.

Chu Xingyan, heir to the Great Chu throne, was framed by his brothers and betrayed by his own kin. His mother was killed in a pool of blood in the Golden Hall, and he fell from the clouds as crown prince to a disgraced cripple. An imperial decree banished him to a desolate wilderness.

The one sent along to look after him was Qin Fubao, the palace's most clueless maid, with strength enough to topple mountains.

She knew nothing of politics or scheming, and had a simple mind. She never overthought anything. When trouble came, she settled it with a punch!

The road through the wilderness was perilous: officials humiliated them, enemies hunted them, and survival seemed impossible.

Everyone laughed that the deposed crown prince had a life worth less than mud and would soon be found dead in the wilderness.

Only Qin Fubao used her brute strength to keep him safe. Clumsy as she was, she protected him through three long years of hardship and wandering.

The once-proud, aloof crown prince, who had looked down on everyone, used to say:

“Common fools like you are not fit to speak to me.”

Three years of hardship wore away his arrogance, leaving only gentle dependence:

“Fubao, the firewood’s chopped. What are we having tonight?”

Together they endured the darkest days, until at last they found happiness.

Years later, when iron-armored troops surrounded the capital, Xiao Heng returned to the capital covered in blood. He crushed the court’s sinister schemes, settled accounts with every enemy, and stripped the wicked princes of their power!

The officials begged him to choose noblewomen for a grand selection and fill the imperial harem.

The supreme ruler held tight to that rough little hand and announced to the world:

“I will share my realm with all my people, but I have only one empress in this life: Qin Fubao. There will be no one else.”