Has the Princess Managed to Lie Low Today?

Sunny little ray of sunshine x gloomy, obsessive type | Salvation + an atypical forced-romance plot

Zhu Yao was reborn thirteen times.

She had fought, schemed, gone mad, and turned ruthless. When it came to staying alive, she had tried every wild approach imaginable.

Yet in every life, she met the same end:

Before her cold-faced cousin Li Jujian ascended the throne, she was doomed to die.

After dying in thirteen different ways, she finally understood. Well, she was out of options anyway.

If she couldn't win by trying, she might as well lie low.

In this life, she stayed away from political schemes and conflict, kept her distance from the future emperor, and played dumb whenever trouble arose.

She avoided disputes but loved money as much as life itself. All she wanted was to quietly fake her death and disappear with a fortune before he took the throne, so she could survive in peace.

The whole capital laughed at her, calling her a good-for-nothing princess, greedy and lazy. She was happy to accept the label and lie low with a clear conscience.

But in this life, strange things happened one after another:

The poisoned wine at a palace banquet was mysteriously switched, and schemes to frame her went awry halfway through. Disasters she had once desperately tried to avoid now all steered clear of her.

And the Crown Prince Li Jujian, who had always looked down on everyone and never spared her a glance, would sometimes look over at her with a gaze so heavy it made her heart skip a beat.

Zhu Yao assumed it was because she had died under his shadow so many times that she was traumatized.

She only wanted to stay alive. She didn't want to meddle in anything else, and there was nothing she could do about it anyway.

At last, with her fated end approaching, she had everything ready for her plan to fake her death and disappear.

Just as she was about to slip away without a sound, someone seized her tightly.

The usually aloof and distant heir apparent had bloodshot eyes. His voice was hoarse as he blocked her way.

"Don't be afraid."

"In this life, I don't want the throne. I only want you to live."

Reading guide:

1. They save each other. The forced-romance aspect is atypical.

2. Not a serious historical drama, with a lighter tone.

Theme: Strive through hardship.