Palace-Locked Blossoms

[Sweet Historical Romance + A Little Palace Intrigue + Marriage First, Love Later + Gentle, Everyday Romance]

The power-hungry Ruan family sends their legitimate daughter, Ruan Zhenzhu, into the Eastern Palace in a small sedan chair, to become a concubine.

Ruan Zhenzhu lost her mother at a young age and is gentle and cautious by nature. All she hopes for is that her cousin Zhou Yi'an will come ask for her hand, so she can find a peaceful, stable home.

But life is unpredictable.

At a peach blossom banquet in late spring, petals drift through the air.

The young woman spots a figure in black robes in the pavilion and calls out shyly, "Cousin Yi'an."

But the man who turns around is not the one she loves.

It is the Crown Prince, Xie Chengyun, renowned throughout the court and possessing an imposing, chilling aura.

Everyone knows that the Crown Prince is devoted to the state, always aloof, and never indulges in romance.

He treats all the women in his harem equally and has never shown anyone the slightest favoritism.

Yet that day, the frightened, bewildered young woman beneath the pavilion finds her way into his heart.

As he spends more and more time with her, the Crown Prince, who has always kept himself in check, comes to love only her.