After Becoming the Sickly Prince's Bedchamber Maid

Soft yet resilient, warm-sunshine heroine × mad, vicious, lovesick hero Fu Yao transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking concubine in the Prince of Jing's household. The good news: A month after she enters the household, the prince leads his army on a western campaign and does not return for three years. The kind-hearted Noble Consort treats her wonderfully, and she truly gets to live like a young lady. The bad news: The Noble Consort suddenly dies of illness. On his way back to the capital, the prince is ambushed. He returns gravely wounded, his entire army wiped out, and his temperament has grown dark and ruthless. The corpses of assassins hang upside down outside the gates of the prince's residence every day. Fu Yao trembles with fear and avoids him like a demon, but remembers that on the day she entered the household, the Noble Consort had publicly promised to tear up her indenture and set her free if she bore children. So Fu Yao gathers her courage one late night and, trembling, climbs into the bed of the demon prince... [Reading Guide] 1. One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship, happy ending, sweet romance. 2. The hero may be a beast, but he falls for the heroine first. She takes longer to fall for him. 3. Includes classic melodramatic tropes such as coercive love, and the heroine really does have a child. Please read with caution if that bothers you. Theme: Do not yield to fate