The Xie family had served the empire loyally for generations and enjoyed enduring favor. Yet no one could have imagined that one day the family would be brought down, stripped of its titles and offices, and reduced to the status of hounded dogs, despised by everyone and left without even a place to call home.
As the legitimate daughter of the Xie family, Xie Huanhuan had always been proud and unyielding. Once a dazzling beauty, she had fallen into the mud, with no one willing to save her, except... the crown prince of the current dynasty, who had an unresolved history with her and hated her to the bone.
Watching her father beg everyone he could without success, her mother weep all day, and her innocent little brother understand nothing, Xie Huanhuan finally made up her mind to give herself to him.
Zhao Hui never thought he would fall in love again with Xie Huanhuan, that cold-hearted, aloof woman. He treated her like a plaything, convinced that she was so down on her luck she couldn't live without him. He wouldn't even grant her a title.
But one day, when the beauty disappeared, he wanted to tear the earth apart to find her.
At last, he watched Xie Huanhuan approach with his imperial uncle.
Zhao Hui went mad, pressing his sword to Xie Huanhuan's neck. "Come back!"
Xie Huanhuan showed no fear. "I am already your imperial uncle's wife. In life and death, I belong to him."
Zhao Hui sneered and lowered his sword. "Then I'll see who you end up belonging to."
"Your Highness!" Zhao Hui thought Xie Huanhuan was calling after him because she'd changed her mind.
But she only said, "You dropped your sword."
A cold, dazzling, proud beauty x a deranged, ruthless, obsessive crown prince
(Misunderstandings, a heroine who runs away while pregnant, a groveling redemption arc, same male lead)
Theme: Love requires honesty.
