Clinging to My Man

Crown Prince Xie Zhi is attacked in a temple. Su Yang, who seems so delicate she might break at any moment, throws herself in front of him without hesitation.

An arrow pierces her shoulder, and she faints from the pain. Before she has even recovered, the first thing she does upon waking is search for him in the rain.

Xie Zhi thinks he must have developed a tender regard for her. He decides to make her his sworn younger sister and ask his father to grant her a princess's title. Once he ascends the throne, she will become a Grand Princess, with the income from ten thousand households.

But he never expects the two of them to spend a reckless night together. Looking at Su Yang's satisfied, dependent face, he thinks: She's a lone orphan. Without me, she wouldn't even know how to live.

Never mind. She's just innocent, weak, and a little clumsy. He'll take her back to the palace and look after her properly.

Ye Cheng hears Xie Zhi speak calmly of how "being unable to control yourself and suffering heartbreak is your own fault," and eagerly anticipates the day her cousin will have to eat his words.

But when that day finally comes, she cannot bear to watch her cousin behave like a madman after Consort Su leaves.

"Cousin, a love born of stubborn pride will only become a net that traps you."

"How do you know we don't love each other?"

"The night before your wedding, Su Yang stabbed you, then stole all the money from the Eastern Palace treasury and ran away. She wouldn't even bear your child. She's a spy for the former dynasty! She played you, the emperor, for a fool!"

"Insolence! Who gave you the nerve to call the empress by her name?"

Three years later, Xie Zhi, now ruler of the empire, sees the woman before him walking happily beside a man, a child in her arms. His hands tremble, and rage surges through him.

You want to leave me?

Dream on!

Only one partner, 1v1

[At first, a fragile girl clings to a man until he falls for her.

Later, a good woman fears a man who won't stop pursuing her.]

Blurb saved on October 15, 2025

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