The Crown Prince's Guide to Becoming a Devoted Husband

Lu Jinse is the youngest daughter of the Lu family, beautiful and alluring. She has been doted on by both the Lu and Xu families since childhood. Though she is well-mannered and proper, she is also sweetly innocent and a little willful.

Pei Nianzhao was named Crown Prince's heir at the age of three and became Crown Prince at fifteen. Throughout his boyhood, he never faced a single setback apart from getting his palms smacked by his tutor for not studying. That is, until he met Lu Jinse.

For years, Lu Jinse had been used to trailing after Pei Nianzhao like a little shadow, calling him Little Rice Cake. He, meanwhile, thought of her as a cute little sister.

They had not seen each other for three years. The first time he saw her again, Pei Nianzhao felt as if he had been struck. He liked her. He wanted her to be his little wife, to cherish and love her.

But being a wife in the imperial family is no easy matter. Although Lu Jinse likes him, she does not want to marry into the royal family. To win the beauty's heart, Pei Nianzhao sets out on the long road to wooing his wife. Somewhere along the way, he turns himself into a devoted husband.

A childhood-sweethearts story about two innocent young people. The heroine is sweet and guileless; as for the hero, he's shameless.

This story takes place in the same broader setting as the author's earlier work, Please Take Your Seat, Madam.

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Crown Prince Chu Xiu was taken in by General Zheng during a palace coup and raised as his own son for over a decade.

After the emperor recognized him, the old emperor kept him close and raised him carefully, intending for him to inherit the throne one day. Months later, as he watched little Zheng Zheng come to the palace with her mother to visit, he realized that the little girl who used to follow him around had suddenly grown into a young woman.

The young girl's features were so lovely that she looked even more beautiful than a painting. For a moment, Chu Xiu felt his heart skip a beat.

Unfortunately, the girl was young and naive. Her cheerful calls of "Crown Prince Brother" made Chu Xiu's heart ache with jealousy.

When the Eastern Palace began choosing a crown princess, Zheng Zheng fled in the middle of the night. She had barely reached the city gate before a hand seized her wrist. "Do you really not want to be Crown Princess?"

Startled, she could not answer. She turned around to see Chu Xiu smiling at her. "Even if you don't want to, it won't make a difference. You are destined to take the Crown Princess's place in the Eastern Palace."

The male and female leads pretend to be siblings in the early part of the story. While they are siblings, their feelings are purely familial.

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