Yunyan was a maid whom Chu Yuan, Prince of Nancheng, found among a group of beggars. She couldn't remember her name or where she came from. Chu Yuan gave her a warm steamed bun, took her home, gave her a name, and offered her protection.
For three years, she stayed obediently by Chu Yuan's side. By day, she was the maid who laid out paper and ground ink for him; at night, she shared his bed.
She loved Chu Yuan humbly, caring nothing for status or for the rumors and insults from the people in the manor. But when Chu Yuan brought home another woman who looked somewhat like her, she finally realized she was nothing but a stand-in.
The irony was that the name Chu Yuan had given her was taken from that woman's name: Yunjin.
Yunyan pleaded humbly, “Could you please not marry her?”
“If I don't marry her, should I marry you?” The man's gaze was cool and indifferent. “Remember your place.”
On the day Yunyan went into a difficult labor, Chu Yuan welcomed his beloved in a grand wedding. As Yunyan hovered between life and death, her memories returned.
She had been the most exalted princess in the empire, but during a coup, she was harmed by villains and spent three years humbly sharing Chu Yuan's bed.
She risked her life to give birth, then, her heart dead, fled the prince's manor.
Three years later, the emperor chose a husband for the princess. At the palace banquet, a little boy clung to the princess's leg and wouldn't let go. “Father, I found Mother.”
The man stared at her, his eyes bloodshot.
Chu Yuan had found a beauty at the border. Her skin was smooth as jade, her beauty peerless, and she was sweet and docile, with eyes only for him. He had once thought she couldn't live without him, but to his surprise, after giving birth to his child, she vanished without a trace.
Chu Yuan's eyes reddened, and he teetered on the brink of madness. Only then did he realize he had already fallen hopelessly in love with her.
On the night of the princess's wedding, Prince Chu stormed the princess's residence with a heavily armed force, holding the prince consort's head in his hand. His lips were blood-red, and his smile was vicious. “You really have the heart to leave me and Yuanbao behind like this.”
“Yanyan, you'll be mine in this life and no other.”
Sweet and gentle princess VS cold-blooded, obsessive prince
The prince's long road to winning back his wife
Theme: The prince's long road to winning back his wife
