Su Wan was a web novelist who scraped by writing sweet romances about overbearing CEOs. She transmigrated into the romance novel The Crown Prince's Secret History, where everyone is in love with the crown prince.
Over there, the crown prince and his idealized first love pledge themselves to each other for life.
Over here, the beautiful, powerful, tragic villain, Fourth Master, is innocent-looking on the outside but ruthless underneath. He follows the plot to seize the throne and specializes in dealing with people whose brains have been completely addled by romance.
She becomes a maid serving tea and water at Fourth Master's residence. Seeing young Yinzhen's handsome, sharp features, she realizes he's the very definition of a stunning beauty.
No one in the residence would dare show disrespect to their master, but Su Wan has only one thought: Isn't this a ready-made template for a top-tier star in a historical romance drama?
She makes up her mind: keep her head down and write popular fiction, make enough money, escape the noble household, and live a comfortable, carefree life of her own.
On the surface, Su Wan is obedient and cautious, carefully following the rules as she tends to Fourth Master's daily needs.
In secret, however, she hides paper and ink, sneaking off to quiet corners of the side courtyard or the bed by the lamplight to write stories every day:
A cold, powerful prince × a sweet, well-behaved maid. She moves all the tension, flirtation, and doting scenes from modern CEO romances into historical fiction.
But she never expects that every scene she imagines for her stories will go straight into Yinzhen's mind.
Ever since Su Wan's imagination started distracting him, workaholic villain Yinzhen feels as if a door to a whole new world has been flung open.
She imagines a scene: On a rainy night, the prince wraps an arm around the maid's waist and whispers sweet nothings to her.
At the same time, all kinds of images flash through his mind. His ears grow warm, and his expression turns inscrutable.
She imagines another scene: The prince is possessive and won't let anyone else look at her for even a moment.
He inexplicably starts feeling possessive too, and his gaze on her grows increasingly intense.
One day, Su Wan writes furiously in one sitting. Just as she's about to hide the story she's finished, a large hand suddenly grabs her wrist and yanks her back.
"You've certainly written quite a lively story." Yinzhen's voice is hoarse. His gaze sweeps over the story on the table, then returns to her pale face. "Sneaking off every night to make up stories about you and me like that?"
Caught red-handed, Su Wan drops to her knees and begs for mercy. "Please spare me, Fourth Master... I won't write them again."
Yinzhen scoops her up in his arms. "Then let's discuss the next scene properly, shall we?"
Later, Su Wan runs away, and a hit novella starts making the rounds among the common people.
Fourth Master goes mad, with only one thought in his mind: get her back.
That woman has so many tricks. Doesn't she just want a title? Fine, I'll give her one! What? That woman is... the missing daughter of the Ula-Nara clan, and Kangxi intends to betroth her to the Eighth Prince?
This time, Fourth Master really goes mad! He launches into one outrageous scheme of possessive pursuit after another.
"Wanwan." He traps her beneath a jade canopy and presses his lips eagerly to her ear. "Please... love me."
* A melodramatic transmigration-into-a-book story. Not historically accurate. Lighthearted and sweet, emperor and empress are a one-on-one couple.
Theme: A young woman standing on her own two feet
