*A cool-headed, resilient young lady × a proud, scheming prince. Lots of tension and emotional turmoil.
*Warning: He loves her deeply but takes her by force. The female lead doesn’t want it, but it happens from the start.
[Blurb]
The conflict between two princes at court grows increasingly fierce. Jiang Huan is only a minor official, but he is implicated and thrown into prison.
Whether he is executed, exiled, or merely demoted depends entirely on the mood of the powerful.
Jiang Su seeks help from the Crown Prince. The prince crosses one leg over the other and says with feigned nonchalance, “You have a younger sister who happens to appeal to me.”
Jiang Su looks horrified. “But my younger sister is to be married this summer, ”
The prince tosses a grape into the air and catches it. He turns his head, smiling as if amused.
To save her father and brother, Shuhan kneels outside his bedchamber on a spring night of steady rain.
He grips her chin and forces it up.
He stares at her, his usual flippant tone in place. “Young lady, you’re a talented scholar… but a talented scholar looks even better without her skirts.”
Seeing the grief and fury in her eyes, he bursts out laughing, scoops her up, carries her inside, and yanks down the bed curtains.
Li Chi hates Jiang Shuhan for three things.
First, she gives herself to him without loving him.
Second, she gives herself to him but doesn’t trust him.
Third, she neither loves nor trusts him, yet briefly shows him tenderness and makes him think she might have feelings for him.
When she tries to marry another man and flees Chang’an during a military coup, his knuckles crack as he breaks into a chilling smile.
The instant Shuhan returns to her room, he grabs her by the throat and lifts her up.
She remembers everything now.
Li Chi has always been forceful in bed.
Theme: Finding a way to survive when all seems lost.
