I Picked Up the Crown Prince, Then Married His Archrival

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Sheng Sheng is a beggar with no father or mother. At eighteen, all she can do is smile, not cry.

Everyone drives her away and bullies her. Since one person doesn't need a house, she'll pick someone up and live with him.

The person she brings home turns out to be a very handsome husband. Naturally, she has to take good care of her husband. He's hers.

But he never likes her. He frowns at steamed buns, spits out meat, and has never smiled at her.

If he doesn't like her, so be it. She likes him enough for both of them.

But he wants her life, and the lives of their unborn children too. She leaves on the dawn he has been looking forward to most.

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Zhao Ye was born the Crown Prince of Zhao. He has carved the rules into his bones, always keeping himself in check, upright and noble, earning praise from the entire court.

After an accident, a foolish beggar rescues him, calls him husband again and again, and treats him with all the devotion she can muster.

He has little interest in desire, but he takes her anyway. He plans to bring her back to the capital and keep her outside the Eastern Palace, where he can hear her call him husband.

But she dies, carrying his child when she dies.

Good that she's dead. Good. He is still the aloof and proud Crown Prince. Zhao Ye clutches the stone bracelet the foolish beggar gave him, blood spilling onto the imperial edict. He was going to take her as his secondary consort.

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A year later, at the banquet celebrating the arrival of the Duke's household's legitimate granddaughter, Zhao Ye sees the familiar face he has longed for day and night. In front of all the guests, he slowly calls out, "Sheng Sheng."

The woman politely bows to him. "Your humble subject, Liang Huasheng, pays her respects to Your Highness, the Crown Prince."

His attendant reminds him, "She is the future Princess of Ji." Ji, the prince who is his sworn enemy.

So what? She isn't married yet, is she?

Zhao Ye reaches out to welcome her, but the young masters and ladies of the Duke's household crowd around her, completely blocking his view. In unison, they say, "Our younger sister is frail. Please forgive her, Your Highness."

Note: The story is set in a fictional world. A groveling-to-win-her-back romance. Both leads are sexually inexperienced.

---- A forthcoming story: The Villainous Demon Dragon Is Always Wooing Himself

Synopsis:

Yun Yang is the unrivaled senior sister of Linxian Sect. She is breathtakingly beautiful and a master swordswoman, only one step away from ascending to immortality.

But everything is ruined by that demon dragon. Her sword fails to kill him, and instead, as she lies dying, she awakens to the truth.

It turns out she is merely a minor sacrificial character in a melodramatic groveling-to-win-her-back novel. She fails to slay the dragon, but gives the heroine, her junior sister, the perfect opportunity.

When she opens her eyes again, the demon dragon has actually let her go.

Back at Linxian Sect, Yun Yang wants nothing more than to stay as far away from her junior sister as possible. She's just a sacrificial character. Why bother dreaming about ascending to immortality?

But as she keeps avoiding her junior sister, she runs into the villainous junior disciple from the story.

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Ao Youqian is the last white dragon in Wuyuan. His standards are high: he'd rather endure his mating season than have anything to do with a black dragon.

He finally makes it to the last day, only for a female cultivator to rip off his protective scale and stab him with a sword.

He is furious. He's going to kill her.

But the woman is simply too beautiful, so he takes her instead, and even manages to erase her outrageous memories.

When they meet again, he dutifully calls her Senior Sister, but never takes his eyes off her.

She must have been unable to forget him, which is why she always wears his protective scale around her neck. She must be madly in love with him, which is why she runs away whenever she sees him.

Well, then, he'll graciously accept her feelings. For all he knows, she might already be carrying his egg.

Yun Yang, setting fire to dragon scales: "?" Why won't this ugly thing crumble already?

Premise: Love yourself before loving someone else. Romance is just the icing on the cake.