After her father was convicted of a crime, the second young lady of the Lu family, who had lived in luxury at the Anyang Marquis's residence, was suddenly entered into the palace register.
The day she first met the Crown Prince was also the day she was made to remain outside his tent.
Heavy snow blanketed the capital. The once breathtaking beauty knelt pale-faced before the tent.
Xie Fei reclined on the couch, his cool, indifferent eyes fixed on her as he spoke in a cold, dismissive voice: "If you can't figure it out, then leave."
Lu Jinning stayed by Xie Fei's side for three years, becoming the Eastern Palace's most improper and least acknowledged guest. Even after Xie Fei was deposed and imprisoned in the Cold Palace, she never left.
Xie Fei had always thought Lu Jinning loved him.
But after he was restored to the throne, when Xie Fei returned to the palace and stroked her face, asking what she wanted most, his usually gentle companion smiled sweetly and uttered three words: a letter of manumission.
It turned out she had never wanted to stay by his side. Their intimate companionship in the Cold Palace had been nothing more than wishful thinking on his part.
Xie Fei lowered his eyes, casually grinding the rouge on his fingertips to dust.
That was the secret Xie Fei had kept for three years.
The entire capital said that the second young lady of the Lu family was incredibly lucky to have been picked by a palace eunuch and sent to the Eastern Palace, where her life was spared.
Only Xie Fei knew that in countless late nights, he had watched the obedient face of the woman beside him as she slept, his fingertips repeatedly tracing the red mole at the nape of her neck.
She thought fate alone had brought her to Xie Fei's bed.
Only Xie Fei knew that on that snowy night, he could have chosen not to take her.
#The only one who can't let go is me#
#The one who can't leave turns out to be me#
[A scheming, cold-hearted Crown Prince X A faux-gentle, fallen noblewoman who wants his body, not his heart]
◎Happy ending. There may be a wife-stealing trope. The male lead is devoted in both body and heart.
Screenshot dated May 6, 2026
Theme: Sweet romance
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