The Heartless Crown Prince Gets His Comeuppance

[Old-school bitter love and heartbreak] [Over-the-top pregnancy escape] [He chases her after losing her]

Ruan Xuerou was born into a noble family. Her grandfather was a grand tutor, her father was the Marquis of Ningsu, and her maternal family had even produced an empress. Everything in the world was within her grasp, including the crown prince.

She had loved Crown Prince Pei Shiyun since childhood, pursuing him relentlessly for years without success. After coming of age, she begged her father to ask the emperor to arrange their marriage.

The Ruan family was powerful, and the emperor readily agreed to the match.

The crown prince had a childhood sweetheart, a cousin whom he adored, and he despised Ruan Xuerou for ruining his marriage plans.

Unwilling to make the cousin he cherished his concubine, he promised her that he would divorce Ruan Xuerou and marry her instead.

But the good times did not last. The Marquis of Ningsu was accused of conspiring with the enemy and committing treason. The Ruan family was imprisoned overnight, and Ruan Xuerou became the daughter of a convicted traitor. Her marriage to the crown prince was naturally annulled.

That day, the elegant and unruffled crown prince came to the prison and coldly told her he would marry his cousin as his wife.

As for Ruan Xuerou, he would take her as a concubine to spare her life.

Ruan Xuerou knew that her father had secretly handed over all of his private wealth to the Eastern Palace to buy her a chance at survival!

But she did not want to be a concubine, much less serve his cousin!

On Pei Shiyun's wedding day, he went to the crown princess's chambers. The red candles burned brightly through the entire night.

Everyone praised the deep affection between the crown prince and crown princess, but only Ruan Xuerou knew what she had endured that wedding night.

In a dim side hall, the crown prince advanced on her forcefully, pinning her against the bed as he listed all the ways she had been spoiled, overbearing, frivolous, and foolish over the years.

In the end, she could no longer withstand his fury, and her delicate body fainted.

From then on, Pei Shiyun barged into her room every few days, and she was nothing more than a tool for him to vent his lust.

At last, one day, the crown princess wanted her dead. Ruan Xuerou played along and died before the crown prince's eyes.

Three years later, Pei Shiyun travels south of the Yangtze River accompanied by an imperial censor, and a local bookstore catches his eye.

The shopkeeper is a widow with eyes and brows somewhat like Ruan Xuerou's, but she is not her.

Pei Shiyun cannot resist. Even the slightest resemblance to Ruan Xuerou is enough to make him lose himself. Finally, on the night the shopkeeper is drugged by a rival, Pei Shiyun takes the place of her male lover and spends the night with her.

That very night, biting her rosy lips, Pei Shiyun smiles like an evil spirit:

"Rou'er, are you still running?"

"Be good and tell me, how did you get rid of the mole beneath your left eye?"

Blurb screenshot dated October 7, 2025

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