A follow-up to The Spring of the Imperial Terrace, which continues The Female Prince. Happy ending.
Crown Prince and palace maid (yandere x bad woman, thirteen-year age gap, younger man, coercive love, yandere top and irresistible bad-beauty bottom)
After the Grand Empress Dowager Xiao Youqing passed away, a movement to depose the crown prince swept through the capital, Dongjing. The sickly Crown Prince Wei Heng struggled to survive in the crossfire, walking on eggshells and living in constant fear, with only the palace maid Xie Wei by his side day and night.
Ministers: "The Xie woman has bewitched His Majesty. We beg Your Majesty to execute her!"
Wei Heng: "Imperial Attendant Xie was granted to me by the late Empress Renxiao Zhangde. She served me when I was in humble circumstances. How dare you slander her!"
I am the descendant of a criminal, yet I brought turmoil to the Wei imperial clan. Wei Xun died because of me, and the crown prince went mad because of me. The world calls me a demoness who brought ruin to the state. -- Notes of Wen Hui
P.S. This story centers women. All gender-neutral terms refer to women, and all officials and workers who appear are assumed to be women.
Core theme: People are born of love and desire, from which worry is born, and from worry, fear.
