After Stabbing the Crown Prince

The main story is complete! I might write a few bonus chapters when I have time. The subscription rate is tentatively set at half price! Everyone's welcome to come read about our Jiang Jiang falling in love with the Crown Prince~

Jiang Junyu had a little secret.

A few days ago, she fell into the water and unexpectedly gained the ability to hear the thoughts of the Crown Prince, a man as bright and untainted as the moon after rain.

The Crown Prince was as otherworldly as an immortal. Surely his thoughts would be about worrying over the common people, the court, his imperial father, and...

Jiang Junyu realized just how wrong she was as soon as she saw the Crown Prince.

Her gaze lingered on the gold embroidery on Pei Lang's clothes, then moved to his breathtakingly handsome face.

Then she heard him say, "Cousin, I heard you fell into the water a while ago, so I brought you a few ginseng roots."

His expression was full of concern, impossible to conceal.

But his thoughts were scornful and mocking:

[Jiang Junyu is always so delicate. How did she manage not to die after falling into the water?]

Jiang Junyu: ...

Something must have gone wrong somewhere... right?

*

Unfortunately, nothing had gone wrong. Pei Lang really was a complete wolf in sheep's clothing.

After sticking close to him and testing him for over half a month, Jiang Junyu came to that conclusion.

She was troubled and conflicted when she somehow wandered into Pei Lang's study.

One of his advisers was offering a plan: "The Jiang family has deep roots. If we don't eliminate them now, they'll become a threat in the future."

It hit her like a hammer to the head.

Jiang Junyu didn't hear the rest. In her alarm, she missed a step and slipped into the small lake next door.

*

When she woke up, Pei Lang was beside her, his expression still full of concern.

To her surprise, she discovered she could no longer hear his thoughts.

Pei Lang was cold-hearted and ruthless. Afraid he might kill her, Jiang Junyu decided to strike first.

The plan: assassinate Crown Prince Pei Lang on their wedding day.

That day, the hall was filled with guests talking and laughing, and cups clinked as Jiang Junyu and Pei Lang bowed to Heaven and their elders. When they bowed to each other, she saw the faintest hint of a smile on Pei Lang's usually distant face.

Then she pulled a dagger from her sleeve.

Without the slightest hesitation, she plunged it into his chest.

Blood stained his wedding robe, spreading into a different kind of red.

Jiang Junyu thought she would never see that color again.

*

In the seventeenth year of Xuanyong, heavy snow fell for three days without stopping. The people of Daye had long awaited the brilliant young Crown Prince's awakening, and at last he opened his eyes. But Crown Princess Jiang Junyu, once a prisoner, had vanished without a trace.

Pei Lang searched everywhere, but still couldn't find her. No one dared speak the former Crown Princess's name.

The Crown Prince, once clear-eyed and gentle as jade, became a tyrannical, obsessive emperor.

Not long after, Fifth Miss Zhao, who resembled the former Crown Princess, was "invited" into the palace. The common people lamented her fate: yet another peerless beauty had fallen into His Majesty's hands.

*

Jiang Junyu thought she would be a wandering ghost forever. Who knew that after dozing off, she'd wake up as Fifth Miss Zhao?

She shuddered as she looked at Pei Lang's dark expression.

Pei Lang tugged at the chain in his hand, and only then did Jiang Junyu realize that it was attached to a silver ring around her ankle.

The chain rattled softly as Pei Lang leaned toward her. A smile played at his lips, and his eyes were so intense, their ink-black depths seeming to draw her in.

"I heard the Empress wants to escape. So I had this chain made for her. Do you like it, Your Majesty? Hmm?"

When Pei Lang finished speaking, he tugged the chain again. Jiang Junyu was pulled against him, and felt the chill emanating from his body, just like the coldness in his eyes.

Cold and dangerous.

Jiang Junyu: Danger!

*

No substitute plotline. The male lead knows Fifth Miss Zhao is the female lead.

A sweet romance that looks one-sided at first, but is actually mutual pining (?).

The male lead has always been crazy. He doesn't go crazy for the female lead.

One-on-one romance, both leads are sexually inexperienced.

[Important]

1. This is a work to practice my writing and romance, under 200,000 characters in total.

2. The political intrigue is very light, so don't overanalyze it...

3. The female lead didn't die. There's more to it (let's just say the male lead loves her a lot).

4. The female lead's family is doing just fine too. No good people will die in this story (probably).

A two-faced, secretly ruthless male lead X a seemingly scheming but actually clueless beauty

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Ling Yihe is the pampered little princess of the Liguang Clan, born to a life of luxury. Her path to becoming an immortal has been smooth sailing.

Immortal pills and spirit artifacts are brought to her at the slightest request. There are even people willing to undergo heavenly tribulations in her place.

In her more than two hundred years as an immortal, her greatest setback has been repeatedly losing to the invincible God of War Pozhao, who serves in the Immortal Court. Since then, the two have been at odds, unable to coexist peacefully.

The God of War Pozhao, Qi Yingqi, is a loner, cold and unfeeling, and in charge of enforcing the law. His cold-heartedness is famous in both Heaven and the mortal world.

They say he comes from a tragic family and has no one. He survived his tribulation and ascended through his own efforts, so the immortals speculate that he simply can't stand the stench of nepotism surrounding someone like Ling Yihe.

They have been at each other's throats for over two hundred years, much to the immortals' dismay. So they decide to trick Ling Yihe into descending to the mortal world while Qi Yingqi is undergoing his tribulation, then bind the two together with an unbreakable bond and make them bury the hatchet.

*

In the mortal world, Ling Yihe loses all her memories and is harmed by bandits. With no other choice, she marries a young stranger.

Fortunately, the young man is devastatingly handsome and treats her well, so she gives in and spends many happy, loving days with him.

Then one day, she suddenly remembers that she is an immortal from the Immortal Court, and that her husband is the sworn enemy she has refused to speak to for ages.

Furious and flustered, Ling Yihe immediately wants to die so she can return to the Immortal Court, and also wants to give Qi Yingqi a nasty shock. After thinking it over, she comes up with a brilliant plan.

As rebel forces approach the city, she first makes a heartfelt declaration of love to Qi Yingqi, then leaps from the city wall in front of him. Even as she faces death, she makes sure to act as if she's doing it all because she loves him.

After her immortal soul leaves her body, she sees the redness around Qi Yingqi's eyes. Feeling she'd won that round, she finally feels a little better.

*

But before she can enjoy even a few days of freedom, Qi Yingqi somehow returns early from his tribulation too.

Immortals forget everything that happened during their tribulations, but Ling Yihe still feels terribly guilty. For days, she avoids Qi Yingqi like the plague, wanting nothing to do with him.

The other immortals are stunned. Didn't they arrange for you two to become comrades who'd risk your lives for each other? Why do you still look like sworn enemies?

Ling Yihe is just as stunned. Wait! You mean you made all that up about my descent to the mortal world? And what do you mean, comrades? We got married down there!

*

Qi Yingqi had a moon he could never forget. In the end, that moon shattered, and he awoke from his dream.

Fortunately, he later discovers that Ling Yihe is alive and well. But alongside his relief comes the knowledge that she went down to the mortal world, fell in love with someone, spent many loving years as his wife, and even died for him.

Qi Yingqi's expression darkens. He orders his divine attendants to find that man and kill him immediately, no matter what it takes.

At the same time, he takes Ling Yihe back to his residence and builds the little princess a magnificent, lavish golden cage, furnished exactly to her liking, so she can't leave even for a step.

For the past three hundred years, Qi Yingqi has wanted to do this countless times. But the Immortal Matchmaker told him love couldn't be forced, or it would only breed resentment. So Qi Yingqi carefully guarded his moon.

Only to find out that the moon in his heart had fallen for someone else.

Qi Yingqi thinks, To hell with not forcing love. I want Ling Yihe's love, no matter what it takes.

1. The male lead has been secretly in love with her for ages. At first, he doesn't remember his tribulation, and thinks the female lead loves someone else!

2. Contains a bit of that sort of thing (can't say more, see the blurb).

3. The female lead is slow to understand her feelings, but she should like the male lead from the start, loving him without realizing it.

Theme: Think twice before you act