I Really Never Meant to Become the Crown Princess

Yue Ling grew up in Yangzhou.

One day, a newcomer joined her academy. They said he was handsome and refined, warm and courteous, and that he had received stacks of love poems not long after arriving.

All of that was true.

But one day, Yue Ling stumbled upon his secret and saw him with blood on his hands and a wicked smile. Only then did she learn how false and hypocritical he was, and how ruthless.

From then on, they became enemies and never missed a chance to trip each other up.

One day, Yue Ling accidentally drank wine laced with aphrodisiac powder. Within half a mile, the only person around was the very man she had once looked down on.

With no other choice, Yue Ling used him to dispel the drug.

She still remembered how he stroked her face, smiling faintly. "Say you like me, and I'll help you."

Yue Ling agreed without thinking, exchanged tokens of love with him, and promised to take responsibility for him.

That night was wild and unrestrained, madness to the very end. For the first time, Yue Ling felt afraid.

Not long afterward, Yue Ling was reunited with her birth family. She made a swift getaway, leaving that man and their token of love behind in Yangzhou.

*

The old emperor was incompetent, and his several sons schemed against one another for power, plunging the court into turmoil.

In the end, the struggle was brought to a close by the fifth prince, who had suddenly been brought back from among the common people.

While Yue Ling was busy dealing with her family's efforts to find her a husband, she heard that the fifth prince had been named crown prince.

Later, she accompanied her family to a palace banquet. While everyone was bowing in respect, she quietly raised her eyes.

What a coincidence.

Wasn't the man seated high above them, smiling brightly at her, the "lover" she had left behind in Yangzhou?

At the banquet, a minister proposed choosing a consort for the crown prince. The old emperor, already drunk, turned to ask the prince's opinion.

The crown prince calmly raised a hand and casually pointed toward Yue Ling, his composure barely concealing his madness.

"Father, I want her."

Yue Ling: "..."

I'm doomed!

A heroine who just wants to laze around, and her shameless, petty man

1. Both are sexually inexperienced, happy ending.

2. It may look like a forced romance, but it's actually a sweet little love story.

Theme: Be brave and pursue love.