My Dearest, Let Me Soothe You

Yun Ling was a lowly palace maid. She had a secret: she knew that the Sixth Prince, currently confined in the Cold Palace, would become the Crown Prince. To avoid trouble, she volunteered for the job of looking after him in the Cold Palace. The Sixth Prince, Xie Jue, was cruel and vicious, with ruthless methods. He was suspicious and guarded around her, mocked her, and would threaten and intimidate her from time to time. But no matter how he treated her, Yun Ling served him faithfully and diligently, without a single complaint. “What do you want?” he asked. Yun Ling gently coaxed him. “I only wish Your Highness good health. What Your Highness wishes for is also what this servant wishes for.” Xie Jue snorted. “A lowly person, all honeyed words and flattery!” Yun Ling didn’t mind. She continued to care for him wholeheartedly and attend to his every need. After he entered the Eastern Palace and became the Crown Prince, The Outcast, she used his influence to escape trouble and take her revenge. Then she set a great fire and vanished without a trace. Ze Zhou, more than a thousand li from the capital. Yun Ling worked as a tutor, teaching palace etiquette to the daughter of a minor official. She heard that an idle prince had come from the capital. Afraid he might recognize her, Yun Ling wrote a letter resigning from her post. But she was told that the prince had merely been passing through and had already left, so she should continue teaching as usual. A servant led Yun Ling into the courtyard. The moment she opened the door, a blizzard swept over her. The man standing there had snow-white hair from head to toe. His face was cold as ice. Carrying a chill with him, he walked toward her one step at a time. “For three whole years, I’ve finally found you.” In a dim room. Yun Ling knew all too well how ruthless he was and how little he tolerated deceit. She slowly closed her eyes, waiting for him to decide whether she would live or die. In the silence, Xie Jue bent down and pulled her into his arms. His eyes reddened, and he held her so tightly it felt as if he might crush her. “I’ll make you Crown Princess. Don’t run away again, or I really will strangle you.” #So all her sweet words were just to coax me# #Now that she’s coaxed me, she has to keep doing it forever# Reader’s Guide: 1. The male lead is an arrogant, tsundere mad dog and a face-slapping addict. Later on, he becomes severely love-struck, with a madman streak. The female lead is beautiful and resilient, and has a few tricks of her own. Neither is a morally perfect character. If this isn’t your thing, please think carefully before reading. 2. Fictional characters’ values do not represent the author’s. 3. The dynasty is fictional, with plenty of original worldbuilding. 4. If you don’t like it, feel free to stop reading. Please don’t tell me you dropped it. 5. One-on-one romance, both leads sexually inexperienced. Upcoming novel: The Supporting Female Lead Chooses to Jump Off the Cliff The empress of the Tianyuan Kingdom died by suicide after having an affair. The exalted and exceptionally gifted Crown Prince Helian Ying was confined to the Cold Palace and reduced to misery. His legs were broken, and his magical powers were completely destroyed. To survive, he had no choice but to depend on, and even curry favor with, a dull-witted palace maid he despised. He soothed and deceived the lowly maid, showering her with kind words, until he persuaded her to heal his legs. But the maid believed they were in love and even wanted to give herself to him. Helian Ying agreed on the surface, but felt nothing but contempt inside. He was a sword-cultivation genius, one in a century, and had been betrothed to the daughter of the Hengyang Sect Leader at the age of three. One day he would rule Tianyuan and attain the title of Sword Venerable. How could he marry a lowly palace maid like her? She had witnessed all his humiliations and indignities. He wanted nothing more than to kill her. Qin Shuang was a miserable little palace maid. Bullied by others, she was assigned to the Cold Palace, a place where not even birds would shit. Finally, one day, a dying man arrived. His breathtaking looks and kind, gentle nature soon won Qin Shuang over. She cared for him with all her heart as he recovered, wanting nothing more than to marry him. But once he recovered, his attitude changed. He locked her in a palace, wouldn’t let her leave, and wouldn’t let anyone else in. Qin Shuang was terrified of loneliness, yet spent three years in that vast palace. Then one day, a fire broke out, and bandits kidnapped her. When Qin Shuang came to, she discovered that she and a beautiful young woman had been bound atop a cliff. The bandit sneered. “Helian Ying, you have two women. Which one are you going to save?” The mountain wind howled, whipping Helian Ying’s dignified black-and-gold robes. His face was cold, and he said nothing. Qin Shuang didn’t need to think to know whom he would choose. But she didn’t need Helian Ying to choose her. After the bandits struck her on the head, Qin Shuang finally remembered everything from her past. She had actually transmigrated into a book. In the story, Helian Ying had originally been a noble and refined Crown Prince, betrothed to the heroine since childhood, and they had been in love. But the demon clan schemed against them, framing him and stripping him of his powers, while the heroine was forced to marry someone else. Helian hated her for betraying him, turned into the Demon Lord feared by all, seized her by force, and tried to destroy the world. To stop him from destroying the world, the Space-Time Bureau sent Qin Shuang to change Helian Ying’s fate. But no one could have predicted that Qin Shuang would hit her head when she transmigrated and forget everything, truly believing she was just a poor palace maid. Fortunately, the heroine hadn’t married someone else, and Helian Ying hadn’t turned evil. Now all Qin Shuang had to do was rescue the heroine from the bandits, then jump off the cliff herself. She would die, return to her original world, and complete her mission! Qin Shuang died. She died in the fourth year of Helian Ying’s reign. Back in the real world, Qin Shuang received a major commendation and a bonus of two hundred thousand. She lived a carefree life. But three months later, she was ordered to return to Tianyuan. The reason: the heroine was alive, yet Helian Ying had still turned evil! Her superiors ordered Qin Shuang to return to Helian Ying’s side and guide him back to the right path. Unable to refuse an order, Qin Shuang returned to the fourth year of Qingxuan, three months after her “death.” She heard that Helian Ying, ruler of Tianyuan, had become a demon overnight and slaughtered the great sects. He had killed the Hengyang Sect Leader with a single sword strike, then cut out his heart and core. All because he wanted to resurrect a little palace maid who had been dead and gone for a long time. Theme: Keep striving upward even when trapped in adversity.