The Crown Prince's Beloved Young Court Historian

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*****Synopsis*****

Liu Zhouzhou worked hard to pass the examination for female officials and entered the palace as a study companion to a princess. It was an easy job with a generous salary, a highly coveted position. But before she could even celebrate, she caught the Crown Prince's eye. He was aloof and cold, and not someone to trifle with.

On her first day in the palace, she obediently copied books, but the Crown Prince suspected she had ulterior motives for approaching the princess.

He pinned her against a bookshelf and gripped her chin hard. His voice scraped past her ear like a blade. "Who are you, really?"

On her second day in the palace, she was ordered to clean the academy. She was careful at every turn, but the Crown Prince accused her of slacking off.

He looked down at her, his voice chilling. "Why haven't you wiped my desk?"

Later,

In the Eastern Palace's bedchamber, behind layer upon layer of gauze curtains, she wore her newly made official robes and curtsied with a lovely smile.

Suppressing his restlessness, he tossed her official documents and identity papers onto the floor.

As he watched the smile slowly fade from her face, he leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Why did you come to the palace?"

Later still,

She volunteered to marry a foreign prince in the princess's place and was taken captive in enemy territory. He led his troops north to rescue her.

With flames blazing behind them and the sounds of battle in their ears, he held her tightly in his arms and gazed at those beautiful eyes that had haunted him night after night. His voice was weary as he said:

"Whatever you were before, from now on, you can only be mine."

Reading Guide:

1. One-on-one romance, both leads have only been with each other.

2. The heroine pursues her career and romance alike.

3. A lighthearted, sweet historical romance in an alternate-history setting.

-----Ongoing: After Leaving the Cold-Hearted Prince (Reborn)------

The Prince of Yu's household owed Lan Hua a life debt and raised her like a daughter.

She lived in luxury every day, and grew soft and graceful. The old Princess Consort planned to find her a good match, as repayment for the kindness shown to her all those years ago.

But Lan Hua developed feelings she shouldn't have had.

The young Prince of Yu, Jiang Zhan, was the youngest Imperial Tutor. He held great power and was handsome, and women in the capital flocked to him, all hoping to marry him.

Lan Hua wanted him even more than they did.

The autumn wind swept over the ground, and the night was cool as water. Wearing only a thin silk nightgown, she knocked on the young prince's bedroom door.

The prince looked down at her, proud and aloof as a cold moon above distant mountains. "Put your clothes on."

She slipped into his arms like a fish, her voice trembling with sweetness. "Warm me up, Your Highness."

And so, by day she was almost the mistress of the household, and by night she was his woman.

She thought that sooner or later, he would give her a title, and she would live in the prince's manor forever.

But then,

A neighboring country invaded, and he personally sent her away to marry for peace.

On the day of the marriage, her skin was as white as snow, and she wore red. She was so beautiful she hardly seemed real. He stood tall and graceful, without looking at her once.

Gathering up her wedding dress, she embraced him for the last time and whispered in his ear, "Jiang Zhan, if there's another life, I'll be the one who breaks someone's heart."

Blood gushed out, soaking his brocade robe. She crumpled to the ground, a dagger buried in her chest.

Later, Lan Hua was reborn.

Beneath warm lotus-patterned bed curtains, she looked at his handsome sleeping face and planned to find a chance to leave.

When the person who had shared his pillow was truly gone, the refined young prince tasted the pain of wanting what he could not have for the first time. His longing grew wild, consuming him to the bone.

At last, he found her amid the music and dancing at Spring Breeze House. He grabbed her slender wrist. "Come back with me."

She gave him a flirtatious glance and covered her mouth with a laugh. "Sir, I'm very expensive."

One-on-one romance, both leads are devoted only to each other, happy ending

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