The Warlord and the Fallen Princess

Xie Zhanlu is the head of the Xie family in a time of chaos. He rides into battle on a fine steed, fighting with fearless ferocity. He seems to be a ruthless, iron-fisted man, but the Xie family is deeply devoted to propriety, and its family rules are strict.

Until the day he is entrusted with a dying man's child and sent to the royal capital to bring back Shi Linlang, princess of the fallen kingdom.

Princess Linlang is famous for being spoiled, yet she is so breathtakingly beautiful that she seems like a flawless piece of jade, pure and fragrant.

The man silently watched the princess smile at him amid a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Like a pearl buried in dust, its brilliance wiped away.

Xie Zhanlu knew then and there:

She was trouble.

*

The princess likes men like Xie Zhanlu best.

She likes gentlemen, and likes it even more when they remain unmoved by her charms;

She loves his solemn dignity, and loves even more how he is both dignified and yearning, restrained and struggling;

Her delicate hands fragrant, her smile sweet.

She tempts him deliberately, then calmly slips away.

The princess is just that wicked. She insists on watching someone's heart get toyed with by her, then laughs and fans herself with a round fan as she teases him for losing his composure.

And yet this wicked woman has the most exquisite looks in the world and a charming, vivacious personality.

Impossible to love, impossible not to hate.

But one day,

She forgot:

The man she was teasing was a ferocious tiger.

*

Once, Xie Zhanlu thought the princess was trouble.

But after a long and arduous journey, after claiming a throne and looking back on a lifetime of storms,

The word "princess" remained on his lips, engraved in his heart.

Like a cinnabar beauty mark.

[Still thinking of a title. I'll change it when I start posting.]

[Sweet romance, historical, long-form.]

Theme: Love life.