After I Dumped the Enemy Nation's Crown Prince

◤Announcement: Updated on 7/17.◢ Fake political intrigue | Real romance | Love rivals everywhere | Men competing for her | The male lead and his rivals keep their virtue intact *The female lead is the protagonist. The male lead appears in Chapter 5. - Last year, Northern Chu suffered a crushing defeat and was forced to send its crown prince to the Kingdom of Zhaoxia to marry Princess Huayang. Before Shang Xingxue had even set foot in Zhaoxia, he had already heard plenty of scandalous stories about the princess. Rumor had it she was extravagant, licentious, and insatiable. Shang Xingxue thought nothing of a woman like her, until she demoted him to a personal consort and subjected him to humiliation. A proud child of heaven brought low, Shang Xingxue was uncharacteristically submissive, enduring one indignity after another. He even risked his life to take a knife meant for Princess Huayang, finally becoming the “beloved” in her writing and the white moonlight in her heart. People said, “Princess Huayang has lost the love of her life. She can’t sleep at night and grows thinner by the day.” Shang Xingxue only wanted to go back and see her one last time. Under cover of darkness, he returned to the princess’s residence, only to find it ablaze with wedding red. The “heartbroken” Princess Huayang was being sweet with her new husband... - The old emperor fell gravely ill. Mu Xihe had finally made it through the hard times and carved out a path to the throne as a princess. She set her sights on the deeply rooted Shen family, which she could put to good use, and married Shen, her consort. On their auspicious wedding day, lanterns hung and decorations filled the halls. The red candles flickered in the bridal chamber. Mu Xihe did not get to see her husband, but instead came face to face with the “human shield” she had long thought dead. Cold fingers brushed her cheek, inch by inch. The man’s once gentle eyes were now filled with icy coldness. “Have you forgotten that we once bowed to the heavens together, Princess?” - Little bonus scenes: #Shocking: The aloof beauty is forced into the game, and the enemy kingdom’s crown prince becomes the original wife turned mistress #Good news: He’s absolutely devoted His own father scolded him for being so spineless: “You could have been a perfectly good crown prince, but you chose to become a personal consort for anyone to toy with!” Shang Xingxue: “So what if I’m a personal consort? I’m her favorite, after all.” A rival, eyes red, begged him: “I’ll give you the honored position. Just give her back to me...” Shang Xingxue: “That position is rightfully mine. What makes you think you deserve her?” The princess’s husband sneered at him with disdain: “You’re nothing but a toy His Highness amuses herself with in her spare time.” Shang Xingxue: “The princess says jealousy is a serious failing in a man’s character. What do you think, Husband?” *The cover art was commissioned exclusively by the author. Please do not use it without permission. *Set in an alternate history. No historical nitpicking, and none of the characters are based on real people. Please don’t read too much into it. *The author’s personal setting: women can also become emperors. No lectures about feminine virtue, please. *It’s fine to criticize the characters, but don’t insult the author. *Please don’t associate the characters with real people. To protect the author’s writing and readers’ enjoyment, comments doing so will be deleted. [Coming Soon: I Won’t Be the Powerful Eunuch’s Darling] Yinniang is the second daughter of her family. She prides herself on her beauty and has no intention of settling for life as a peasant girl. Knowing she can’t rely on her family, she has long been arranging a good marriage for herself, waiting only for her sweetheart to send the betrothal gifts. But the young man who once loved her so passionately suddenly vanished, and her elder sister died in childbirth. Her family wanted to send her to become the second wife of her brother-in-law, Liang, a successful candidate traveling to the capital for the imperial exams. Since her sweetheart had run off and she was unlikely to find a better match, she might as well look after her elder sister’s only child. At worst, she would be the stepmother of a successful candidate’s eldest son. Liang passed the highest imperial examination, but supporters of the new emperor snatched him up as a son-in-law right outside the examination hall. Yinniang had traveled north to the capital, only to lose her place before she could even make it to the wedding altar. With the wealth she had nearly won now out of reach, Yinniang turned her attention to Wei Ke, the powerful chief eunuch, and set out to seduce him. Some mocked her for having no standards, saying she didn’t even mind an eunuch. Others said she had offended him and was about to meet a terrible end. Only she knew that the devil in everyone else’s eyes was a good man to her alone. Years later, Yinniang was Wei Ke’s lawful wife, with an imperial title of honor, seated in a magnificent sedan chair. And Liang, once the celebrated top scholar, was now groveling before her. - Wei Ke devoted himself to keeping his promise, even if it meant bearing the accusation that “the eunuch faction has plunged the country into chaos.” He thought he had never cared about being alone, until a lively glimmer of light danced into his world. He was no man, yet he had fallen in love with her as a man loves a woman. In the first half of his life, he longed for power. In the second, he longed for Yinniang. - A sharp-tongued, worldly “little wildflower” of a discarded wife + a ruthless “big bad wolf” of a eunuch The male lead is a real eunuch, and a hopeless romantic. A little angst early on, then lots of sweetness. Mutual healing. The heroine is not a virgin, the hero is. Happy ending. Theme: Strive for self-improvement, stay positive, and embrace love and happiness.