[Sneaky Little Artist vs. Violent, Unrestrained Demon Lord]
Creamy Custard Bun | Sweet Romance | SC | Goofy?
Lian Qiao is a maid who looks after the book archive in Prince Jin's manor. She is also the wildly popular erotic artist "Fubai," whose work is famous throughout the Great Ye Dynasty. Every piece she draws is tender and intricate, selling briskly across the country and even being passed around in secret by noblewomen deep in the palace.
Thanks to her talent, Lian Qiao has a hefty little stash of savings. All she has to do is save enough money to buy her freedom, and then she can leave the manor and live as she pleases.
Unfortunately, readers have grown picky lately, and sales are flagging. Lian Qiao frets over it for a long time, until one night, by the banks of the Bibo River, she comes across two men fighting. One of them moves with agile grace, and his looks are so breathtakingly beautiful that he seems almost unreal.
Lian Qiao snatches up her paper and brush and draws to her heart's content.
Before long, she submits her new work, Capturing the Phoenix Beneath the Moon. Lian Qiao is brimming with confidence. This time, she is sure to make a fortune!
But instead of a generous payment, she gets a visit from Prince Jin's personal guards.
Lian Qiao looks up, trembling. Good heavens!
How can Prince Jin, sitting so imposingly before her, look exactly like the handsome man she saw fighting by the river that day?!
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Prince Jin is violent, cruel, bloodthirsty, and loves nothing more than war. People call him a demon star, the reincarnation of a yaksha. After returning in triumph from a five-year campaign against foreign tribes, he has barely had time to warm his seat at the manor before chasing a thief out of the residence. The pursuit aggravates an old injury, and the Imperial Medical Bureau is powerless to help.
Then one day, a subordinate accidentally presents him with a beautifully drawn... erotic comic.
The male lead in the picture unmistakably has his own face.
Xiao Ting spits out a mouthful of blood on the spot. To his surprise, throwing up clears the blood stagnation that has plagued him for half a year.
The whole manor is shaken. His advisors hold up the bloodstained "divine masterpiece," tears in their eyes. This painting can invigorate the blood and clear stagnation! Whoever drew it must be a reclusive divine physician!
Following the clues, the personal guards drag the supposed physician before him. Xiao Ting scrutinizes the little maid who is nearly fainting with fear, and laughs in spite of himself.
So this is the erotic artist "Fubai" who drew him in such a "vividly sensual" way and indirectly "cured" him?
Lian Qiao is scared out of her wits as she watches the handsome young man leisurely flip through the book.
"You drew it... very convincingly."
He lightly taps a certain indescribable detail in the picture, his voice low and dangerous.
"Why don't you teach me in person how to pose like this?"
Lian Qiao: ...
No! Is it still early enough to run away?!
Tips:
1. The male lead really is a sinister, ruthless, violent type. He is just especially gentle with the female lead.
2. There isn't much political intrigue or plot. It's mainly about the two of them flirting and falling in love. There may be some revelations about their pasts, but really, it's still just romance.
3. The female lead draws romance comics for women, featuring a man and a woman.
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