Changning Commandery Princess Shu Lingyi was raised by the Grand Princess herself. A royal lady since birth, she was always graceful and elegant, and the emperor praised her as the model of a refined young woman. Princesses and noblewomen throughout the capital all sought to emulate her.
Yet the princes disliked Shu Lingyi. She was too prim and proper, lacking a certain charm. Even the dancers at Hongxiuzhao were more fun.
No one knew that as soon as night fell, the noble and elegant commandery princess would take off her palace robes and change into the most alluring, provocative dancing dress, becoming Hongxiuzhao's most dazzling and bewitching dancer, Hong Xiu.
Her dance, A Dream Adrift, captivated the world and bewitched all who saw it.
Shu Lingyi thought she had kept her secret perfectly, and that no one had noticed. Until one day, she realized the crown prince, who had always treated her coldly, was looking at her differently...
In the commandery princess's bedchamber, the dignified, abstinent crown prince backed her into a corner. His large hand slid over her slender waist as he whispered huskily in her ear.
"I wonder what that slender waist of yours would look like dancing A Dream Adrift, Changning Commandery Princess."
--2020.2.25
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