Pampering a Clumsy Beauty

- Sweet romance / age gap / height difference

- A soft, silly sweetheart x a forceful, scheming Crown Prince

- My new novel, [Deceiving the Emperor], is now underway. The synopsis is at the bottom. If you like it, please add it to your favorites.

Synopsis:

Jiang Yuning was the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jing'an. Because of her low birth and somewhat dim wits, she was sent to a manor outside the capital when she was young.

The place was shabby, she had too little to wear, and she was often hungry.

Before long, a handsome young man moved into the neighboring courtyard.

That night, Jiang Yuning climbed onto the wall and asked pitifully, "Big Brother, could you give me a bite to eat?"

When Jiang Yuning turned fifteen, she was brought back to the marquis's residence. Seeing her delicate, soft figure, the marchioness wanted to arrange for her to become her nephew's concubine.

But before the engagement could be settled, a carriage from the Eastern Palace came to take Jiang Yuning away.

Everyone followed in disbelief, only to see the Eastern Palace's chief eunuch personally setting out a stool and sweeping away the dust.

The Crown Prince had just returned from court and was still wearing his formal robes. Standing before the carriage, he gathered the foolish young girl in his arms.

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Everyone believed Crown Prince Shen Rang was cold, gloomy, and indifferent to others.

But those who served him closely knew that the Crown Prince kept a precious pearl in his palm, and had been pampering her by his side for years.

[Bonus Scene]

Before anyone knew it, the little girl who used to climb the wall had grown into an ever more radiant beauty, delicious to behold.

At a spring banquet, Shen Rang glanced at the young men sneaking looks at Jiang Yuning in the distance and frowned without realizing it.

Later, the honored Crown Prince looked at the mandarin orange in the young woman's hand and asked, "Ningning, could you give me a bite?"

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Reading guide:

1. The leads are eight years apart. He raises her when she is young, and there is no romance before she comes of age.

2. The male lead is not a good person and has a hidden, unhinged side.

3. One-on-one, happy ending, both sexually inexperienced.

4. For more detailed content warnings, see the synopsis in Chapter One.

Synopsis for [Deceiving the Emperor]

*A morally dubious, self-serving fake consort x an emperor who was deceived in body and heart and went mad

The old emperor died suddenly, and all the women in the harem without children were to be buried with him.

Yizhen didn't want to die, so she falsely claimed to be carrying the late emperor's posthumous child and went to a palace outside the capital to spend her pregnancy.

To prevent the truth from coming out, she hid her identity and found a young, healthy man at the palace, intending to keep the child and get rid of its father.

After several nights together, Yizhen successfully became pregnant. But the man unexpectedly fell in love with her and dreamed of spending his life with her.

Yizhen was destined to become a dowager consort and enjoy a life of wealth and honor. How could she marry him?

She repaid his kindness with betrayal, drugging him and having him thrown into the moat.

She thought she could live without a care from then on, until half a year later.

The throne changed hands once more, and she was summoned to the capital to pay her respects to the new emperor. When she looked up, she saw a familiar, handsome face.

The young emperor descended the steps unhurriedly. Looking at her swollen belly, he asked ominously, "Yan Niang, don't you recognize your dear husband?"

☆Reading tips:

1. The couple can be considered mutually inexperienced, but the heroine was married before and had some intimate moments with the old emperor. The male lead is sexually and emotionally inexperienced.

2. The male lead and the old emperor are not related by blood.

3. The heroine is wicked, the male lead is unhinged, and there are many dramatic confrontations. There is also a forced-marriage plot later on.

Theme: Good people are rewarded.