What to Do After Snatching the Princess Sent Off for a Political Marriage

A spirited young man from the grasslands × a gentle yet strong-willed princess from the Central Plains As a princess sent to marry for peace, Zhao Yuqing considers herself a politician. Although the price of maintaining peace between the two countries is marrying an old geezer as his eighteenth concubine, Yuqing firmly believes it's worth it. If she can preserve peace for over fifty years, then future generations will remember her name for thousands of years. That's even more worth it. But on the journey to her wedding, she is intercepted by the younger son of a chieftain from another grassland tribe. Oh no, there goes her plan to be remembered for generations. She has to escape! Beneath the vast sky and across the boundless plains, Yuqing runs with all her might. But the arrows fly faster than she does, landing at her feet to block her way. She looks back. The chieftain's younger son is on horseback, holding up a longbow and grinning at her like a spoiled young master. Whichever way she runs, an arrow lands there, until she is surrounded by a ring of them. "Your Highness, this is your ninth escape attempt. You ran farther than the eighth time and faster than the sixth. Your scouting and counter-surveillance skills have at least doubled since your first attempt. Worthy of a reward!" The young man rides over at an unhurried pace and scoops her up in front of him. Yuqing struggles. "I'd rather die than marry you!" "Such spirit." The young man holds her fast and bends down to peck her on the lips. "But it won't work." *She runs, he chases *One-on-one, both leads' first time *Slowly crafting this self-indulgent story. Once it's had time to mature, it'll be a delicious treat. Upcoming: Silver Butterfly Gu Escaped princess × Mad young man from the Miao territory Before Tanlong was born, the palace diviner predicted that the child in the Consort's womb would one day rule the world. But when the Emperor saw that the newborn was a girl, he dismissed the prophecy. The Crown Prince, however, took it to heart. Years later, after the Emperor died, the newly enthroned Crown Prince immediately ordered the princess hunted down. Tanlong flees day and night, all the way to the southern frontier. Luckily, she meets a boy wearing silver ornaments and little braids along the way. Without him, she would have died by an assassin's blade. The boy is beautiful and skilled at using gu, but his pitch-black eyes are so clear that they seem almost empty. She praises him as a formidable gu master, but the boy shakes his head in confusion and says that he isn't a gu master. He is gu. There is a secret tale that the royal family of the southern frontier feeds infants to gu, producing a gu called the Silver Butterfly Gu. Another rumor says the Silver Butterfly Gu is worth a million soldiers, and whoever possesses it will rule the world. So Tanlong takes the boy's hand and says, "From now on, we're good friends." A good friend should be willing to help her take the throne, right? She will make the diviner's prophecy come true. The boy is a little simple-minded, knowing nothing about the world. He can't tell sincerity from pretense or truth from lies. He likes licking her neck and palm, and even if he's terribly wronged, one kiss is enough to make him roll over and show his belly. Tanlong really can't see him as a person. To her, he's just a powerful little cat. But gradually, she realizes she was wrong. The boy simply doesn't understand romance. Before he understands, he's a fool. Once he understands, he's a madman. And wanting to be the master of a madman comes at a price. Theme: Life needs a little sugar