The Childhood Sweetheart and Her Bamboo-Horse

Blurb: Ice-cold official's daughter x yandere royal prince

Huan Yun is clingy, Ye Weiyu thought.

When they were young, he was kidnapped. The moment he saw her accompanying her mother on an outing, he followed her around without taking a step away, crying so much he didn't act like a boy at all. As he got older, whenever he had so much as a headache or fever, he would whine for comfort. If he didn't get it, he'd protest by refusing to eat or take his medicine, entirely lacking the bearing befitting a prince.

Everyone lamented that Ye Weiyu, the eldest daughter of the Minister of Revenue, was the most beautiful woman in the capital, with a mind full of learning and a face that put the moon to shame. How could she be willing to marry the ninth prince, who was ignorant, sickly, and ill-tempered? Was it because he was handsome?

Perhaps that was it? Ye Weiyu furrowed her brow and pondered for a moment.

A little scene: On a sweltering summer day, Huan Yun lounged with one leg crossed in the waterside pavilion in the back garden of his manor. His attendant Baolu fanned him while carefully saying, "Your Highness, Miss Ye's new play has finished rehearsals and will premiere today."

Huan Yun stopped eating his grapes. Only after swallowing the fruit did he ask, "Is it a story about me and her?"

Baolu bent his back even lower. "They say it's adapted from the cold case Young Master Fu solved a while ago."

At that, Huan Yun suddenly clutched his chest and groaned in distress. "Go fetch Miss Ye. Tell her my old ailment has flared up. I won't get better unless she comes!"

Baolu knew his master was up to his tricks again, and dashed off to fetch her.

PS: One-on-one, slow burn, sweet everyday romance, both leads have no prior sexual experience. Not historically researched; the setting is very loose. No trolling or personal attacks, please.

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