The Little Princess Is So Adorable

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Lin Ning is the third princess of the Dayao Dynasty. Her birth mother is the current queen. Frail and sickly since childhood, she cannot sleep at night. She has had countless physicians and doctors summoned, and tried countless remedies and miracle medicines, but nothing has helped. It's left many people worried sick.

In truth, Lin Ning has a secret: she can hear her mother's worried thoughts as she frets over Lin Ning's health.

She can hear the anxious thoughts of a little palace maid who broke a vase and is afraid Lin Ning will find out.

She can hear her father's doubtful thoughts whenever he sees her, wondering if she'll even live to reach fifteen.

But she can't hear his thoughts. Not ever.

Lu Xing is a hostage prince from the Great Wilderness Dynasty. His unusual golden eyes always gleam with an untamed, unyielding wildness, and life in the vast palace is a constant struggle.

That is, until a little girl with her hair in a pair of flower-bud buns barges into his world.

The sweet, soft-smelling little girl is always snuggling up to him. Even when she says nothing, he can hear her thoughts:

"Brother Lu Xing's eyes are so pretty, like the sun in the sky, all bright and warm~"

"Brother Lu Xing has such a handsome face, and his skin is so fair~"

"Brother Lu Xing looks the coolest when he's riding a horse~"

He isn't as wonderful as she thinks, really. Looking at the pastries warmed in her hands and the little flowers she picks wherever she goes, Lu Xing thinks he ought to refuse them. He's the son of the Wolf King. How could a little girl possibly win him over?

Lin Ning: Brother Lu, don't you like these gifts?

Lu Xing: ...I like them.

Theme: Stay true to yourself through adversity, and charge ahead in times of ease