Seeking a Phoenix

-Blurb-

He Zhi grew up in the Cold Palace. Mild-tempered and indifferent, she was content to work as an ordinary palace maid and save money until she was old enough to leave the palace. She never expected to be sent to serve the Crown Prince.

Rumor had it that Prince Murong Yi had suddenly lost his sight six months ago. Since then, he had given himself over to pleasure and become moody and unpredictable.

On her first day serving him, He Zhi saw palace attendants carry a beautiful person, covered in blood, out of the bedchamber.

"He Zhi?" The imposing Crown Prince smiled as he wiped the blood from his fingertips. "That's a vulgar name."

He Zhi soon became a favorite, excelling at serving meals, warming his bed, and accompanying him wherever he went.

She didn't dare hope for a title. She only wished that one day the Crown Prince would come to his senses and grant her permission to leave the palace.

But when they were surrounded by assassins, He Zhi's legs went weak beside the carriage. The Crown Prince walked toward her over a field of corpses, his voice cold and proud. "You'll stay by my side forever, won't you?"

She said she would.

Yet that very night, in the confusion, she slipped out of the Crown Prince's residence and escaped, drawing on years of experience navigating the palace.

Murong Yi had been born the Crown Prince. He never imagined that he'd spend years planning and exhausting every effort just to keep one little palace maid by his side.

PS:

1. Both leads are each other's first love, and it ends happily.

2. The male lead is the scheming type. This isn't a groveling pursuit story. He really is blind at first, physically, but will gradually recover. His playboy ways are an act, and the only person he's ever been intimate with is the female lead.

3. Completely fictional setting! Read for fun. If it's not your thing, there are plenty of other stories~

Theme: Sincerity deserves sincerity