Reborn and Married to the Frail Crown Prince

Yun Rou trusted the words of her dear friend, entered the Prefect's residence, and became one of his concubines. She never expected that even the small inner household of a mere prefect would be rife with schemes and strife. With her lowly status, she became a pawn, and the Prefect's wife sent her to her death with a cup of poisoned wine.

Reborn, Yun Rou came to her senses at once. Ignoring the astonished look of her dear friend, she turned and entered the home of the sickly scholar next door.

The scholar was poor and frail, but gentle and courteous. He was willing to buy out her contract, and Yun Rou was quite satisfied to become his principal wife.

Later, seeing how well-behaved she was, the scholar took her to Shengjing, and then into the palace. Only then did she learn that he was the Crown Prince, the son of the late empress, who had been living outside the palace.

Her status was too low for her to become Crown Princess. She could only be a concubine.

Remembering the misery of her previous life, Yun Rou refused to be a concubine.

Not long afterward, she learned that Qin Ce'an was going to marry the Crown Princess.

She knew the woman. It was her dear friend from years ago, now the Princess Jiayuan. So they had been husband and wife in her previous life? And she had been the extra one.

Now that Yun Rou understood, there was even less reason to stay. She decided to run away.

After faking her death, Yun Rou fled to Jiangnan, where the mountains were lovely, the rivers clear, and handsome young men plentiful.

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Word spread that the Crown Prince had gone mad. First, he tried to make a dead woman his Crown Princess, then vomited blood and collapsed after the court officials opposed him.

After a month bedridden, he began frantically searching for a woman, even offering five hundred taels of gold for any clues.

"Who is the Crown Prince looking for? He's sick, yet he's out searching for someone. Why go to so much trouble?"

Hearing people gossip in Jiangnan, Yun Rou simply turned and walked away without a care. None of it had anything to do with her anymore.

She had met a tutor here, a gentle and considerate man who had asked her to discuss marriage with him today.

Yun Rou pushed open the door, beaming. "Sir..."

The next moment, her smile suddenly froze.

The man who had been waiting in the room raised his eyes. His features were refined and scholarly, but shrouded in shadow, he looked somewhat sinister.

As her pupils constricted, his cold fingers lifted her chin and slowly caressed it. His expression was neither quite a smile nor quite a frown.

"Long time no see, A Rou."

Reading notes: 1. One-on-one romance, both leads have no prior sexual experience, and the heroine has a naturally alluring fragrance.

Theme: Face each other with honesty