The Beautiful Maiden of a Fallen Kingdom

[My completed novels, Tongshan Butterfly and The Emperor Says His Aunt Has Period Cramps (Body Swap), can be found on my profile.]

The Northern Yan Dynasty has fallen.

The Northern Yan princess Ying Xiao Chan, once the cherished jewel of the thirty-six tribes of the grasslands, now walks among a line of prisoners. She is to be sent to the Music Bureau and reduced to a plaything for anyone to take.

Lian Yu, heir to the Marquis of Everlasting Victory, has been ordered to oversee the army and escort the captives to Great Chu.

A soldier lashes the prisoners and shouts at them. Lian Yu rescues one of them. Their eyes meet, and both are stunned.

Ying Xiao Chan could never have imagined that the household slave she once ordered around had risen to such a high position.

Lian Yu taps his fingertips softly and gazes at the tearful young woman before him.

"The lives of the surviving members of Northern Yan rest on your decision, Princess."

Becoming a concubine, however humbling, is better than being sent to the Music Bureau.

[Reader's Guide]

1. The male lead is a dangerously obsessive man who takes what he wants by force and cunning.

2. They are the same age, both seventeen.

3. The setting is fictional, and the logic is internally consistent.

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Theme: Equality and respect are essential to a healthy relationship.