A Guide to Raising a Fallen Princess

[Everyone has a one-sided crush] [Untouchable beauty] [Taming] [Obsessive fan] [Substitute trope]

After her kingdom fell and her family was destroyed, Duanyang followed her master from one hiding place to another.

By chance, she found a man, the fiance her father had chosen for her while he was still alive.

He was Ji Yun, the eldest son of the Ji clan, now the foremost family in the land.

The old dynasty was gone, and Duanyang didn't take their engagement seriously.

Yet his gaze grew more and more fervent...

[Untouchable beauty]

The eldest son of the Ji clan ran into trouble, but was saved by a female physician.

After spending time together, Ji Yun fell for her.

Just as he was about to take her back to his family, he happened to learn that the physician who had saved him was Duanyang, a princess of the former dynasty.

His former fiancee.

"The Ji clan is enjoying great prosperity. Surely they have no room for an orphan of the former dynasty like me. You needn't trouble yourself to take me back, and you needn't honor our old engagement. Now that we've met, just pretend you never saw me. We won't meet again." Duanyang turned and walked away.

Ji Yun was left speechless and flustered.

[Arrogance]

Xiao Du was the new emperor's favorite son, carefree and dazzling.

Ever since he was a child, he'd had everything he wanted.

Until at the Qionghua Banquet, a "young man" took first place and stole the spotlight.

Xiao Du smiled coldly and raised his crossbow, aiming at the "young man" on the high platform.

In an instant, the young man's crown shattered like snow, and black hair fell over his shoulders.

The young man became a young woman. Xiao Du was momentarily stunned, then found her even more detestable.

He targeted her again and again, on purpose.

But she remained true to herself, meeting every provocation with ease.

From clashing with each other to facing danger together, then surviving life and death, she gradually made the arrogant Xiao Du shed his hatred, bit by bit.

He began to examine his own heart and realized he liked her.

So he picked a romantic day and confessed, every word sincere.

A smile appeared on her usually cool, frostlike face, but it was mocking.

Duanyang thought it was ridiculous because she was a princess of a fallen kingdom, and he was a prince of the new dynasty.

They were enemies. How could love or hate even come into it?

She rejected Xiao Du, knowing he might take revenge later, and packed her things to leave the capital and lie low for a while.

But she still didn't know that once Xiao Du let down his guard and cast aside his arrogance, all that remained was a man who would do anything she asked.

[Obsessive childhood friend]

On the surface, he advises Xiao Du and acts like a madman determined to find Duanyang and kill her. In truth, he loves Duanyang more than life itself.

At first, he is vicious and menacing.

"Yu Qingzhao, I know it's you."

"If you don't turn around, I'll kill every man by your side."

Later, he is inconsolable.

"Yu Qingzhao, turn around and look at me."

"I've been waiting for you all these years, waiting for you to look at me just once."

[Two-faced senior apprentice]

Yu Qingzhao's senior apprentice is strange.

He says a lot of things she can't understand, and brings out food and medicine that don't belong to this world.

Then one day, her senior apprentice disappears, and the real eldest son of the Jiang clan takes his place.

The real Jiang Cheng'an is strange, too. In front of her, he always imitates the otherworldly soul in his speech and actions, giving up his dignity and pride and ignoring what the world thinks of him...

But even so, Yu Qingzhao doesn't feel the slightest familiarity with him.

"Dandan, please, just think of me as him, all right?"

[Scheming foreign emperor]

[Possessive general who forces love]

1. The heroine is stunningly beautiful, and the love-at-first-sight, face-slapping, and regret-after-falling-for-her buffs are all stacked to the max.

2. Everyone has a one-sided crush. The heroine may be moved, but she won't fall in love.

3. The heroine is a princess of a fallen kingdom, and there will be a restoration plotline. However, she herself isn't very enthusiastic about it. The reasons are explained in the story.

4. The senior apprentice is a transmigrated man with a System. He thinks he's playing a raising-sim game, but he isn't.

5. Duanyang is the only protagonist of this story. The major male characters can all be considered male leads, or none of them can.

December 27, 2024

Theme: Growth is the best way to overcome every hardship and obstacle.