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Ning Wei is the uncared-for daughter of a prime minister, a frail girl who has been sickly since childhood, as delicate as a willow and pitifully beautiful. At her elder sister's coming-of-age ceremony in the rear courtyard, a group of young ladies gather around her to ask who she loves.
Blushing shyly, she gives them the name of the sixth son of the Jiang family.
The crown prince, Lu Fengci, is seated nearby, listening without showing a hint of reaction.
The liquor is strong. After a few cups, Ning Wei feels dizzy and goes to rest. But when she wakes and sees the handsome face beside her, she is utterly terrified.
The two of them are lying in bed with their clothes in disarray, and footsteps sound outside the door.
In the end, Lu Fengci grabs her by the collar and pulls her up onto the roof. They escape being caught in bed together.
She looks at Lu Fengci beside her, about to ask what on earth is going on.
"Um..."
But as soon as she opens her mouth, Lu Fengci snaps at her.
"Shut up!"
Ning Wei: *Sob, sob. He's so scary.*
Lu Fengci assumes someone set him up. After threatening Ning Wei not to tell anyone, he resolves to investigate once he gets back.
But when he tells Ning Wei to forget what happened, he doesn't expect her to forget it so completely.
A few days later, she agrees to marry a prince who has only a few days left to live, in hopes of bringing him good luck. Lu Fengci has no choice but to secretly sabotage the match.
It's not that he likes Ning Wei. He just can't stand by and watch her walk into a tiger's den!
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Later, at a palace banquet, Ning Wei finds him and secretly takes his hand, writing in his palm:
I'm pregnant.
His eyelid twitches. At the banquet, Ning Wei throws up everything she eats. That night, he finds the imperial physician and carefully asks about the symptoms of pregnancy. They all match Ning Wei's.
In the end, he slaps his thigh. The child shouldn't have to suffer, no matter what!
During a circus performance, someone gives Ning Wei a hard time, and she falls off her horse, bleeding at once. Lu Fengci panics and calls for an imperial physician.
"Her Highness was only frightened. There was no miscarriage."
"Then what's the blood?"
"It should be... her period."
Ning Wei cradles her stomach and says, her face pale, "Your Highness, see how well-behaved our baby is? It didn't want us to worry, so it told the physician it was my period."
Lu Fengci: ...
Reader's Guide:
A scheming, low-born concubine's daughter × the current crown prince.
The heroine is a bit scheming, okay? The hero loves that she schemes for him. He's generous, stubborn, and single-minded. He's not stupid, he just likes letting her fool him.
The heroine didn't drug him. She simply took advantage of the opportunity to share a bed with him.
Theme: Enjoy life while you can.
