Pampering the Princess

Fake Siblings Raising Each Other + Sweet Romance Xi Xun inherited his title as a teenager. On his way back to his fief, he casually picked up a little child from a crowd of refugees. As he raised the child, she grew old enough to marry, and became his own pampered young lady. * Later, the bold young lady developed feelings for him that she should never have had. A hazy drizzle, a slender young woman, her gauzy dress soaked through. She threw herself against his knees and sobbed, "Can’t I... just be Your Highness’s little sister for the rest of my life...?" The proud silhouette in the darkness stiffened ever so slightly. No one knew of the turmoil in his eyes or the trembling in his hand. * Later still, everyone was left dumbfounded when the powerful, ascetic Prince of Yan deigned to spend his days taking a young lady out for sweet cakes and crowding into lantern festivals with her. The face that was ice-cold at court became a completely different one whenever he was with her! Here’s a recommendation for my new novel, Husband’s Lies. If you’re interested, please add it to your collection from my author page! A Zhen, born a commoner and frail from chronic illness, married the all-powerful Prince of Yan as his consort. Four years into their marriage, A Zhen still couldn’t figure out what had made His Highness the Prince of Yan take a fancy to her. Her husband was gentle and courteous, and his inner courtyard was empty of concubines. The two of them were the picture of marital harmony, envied by all. Yet the noble ladies in the palace always looked at her strangely. By chance, A Zhen saw the face of a woman in a painting her husband treasured, a woman who looked almost exactly like her. In his youth, Prince Zhao Xun of Yan had a scandalous romance that the entire court loved to gossip about. He had once cherished a woman with all his heart, and for her had nearly given up his title and wealth several times, willing to live with her as a poor couple. Of course, in the end, their love came to nothing. Perhaps she had abandoned him; perhaps he had simply found the hard life too much and come to his senses. In any case, after all their twists and turns, he ended up marrying A Zhen. Fortunately, A Zhen soon came around, too. She had once lived through poverty, and was quite satisfied with her current life, where food and clothes were brought to her, and her husband kept away from other women. [Male Lead’s Perspective] To win his wife, Zhao Xun resorted to every means and plotted at every turn. At last, he gained four years of sharing a bed and pillow with her. But no secret can stay hidden forever. His wife seemed to have remembered. The past she remembered: her past with another man. She actually said she hated him. She hated him, the liar who filled his mouth with falsehoods. She hated that she had let a wolf into her home by saving him back then. But, Zhen, how many days were you and he even husband and wife? That man died long ago. You and I are the ones who have shared a bed and pillow for five years. [Content Warnings] Over-the-top melodrama and angst, possessive and obsessive male lead, male lead has no prior sexual experience, female lead has a former husband (her marriage to him ended before she got together with the male lead). Theme: Someone may cast you into hell, while someone else may save you from it.