The Blind One Who Conceived the Prince's Child

[Tsundere prince pursuer & adorable painter recipient] [Earthy, sweet, childbearing story]

The painter Yan Qing went blind.

He's had terrible luck his whole life. Orphaned young, he did nothing but paint or get beaten. Just as he was beginning to make a name for himself, his homeland fell, and he was sent to forced labor for four years.

Then Prince Yong'an, Zhou Yixing, reclaimed their homeland and brought Yan Qing back to paint a mural for the Empress Dowager's birthday.

But Yan Qing's body, already weakened by deprivation, couldn't withstand the heavy snow in the capital. After a high fever, he could no longer see.

Despondent, Yan Qing decided to leave in secret.

After an hour of jolting through the darkness, someone stopped the carriage, grabbed his wrist, then carefully lifted him down.

"You're leaving before you've finished the painting? Is this how a painter repays me?"

Yan Qing stared ahead with unfocused eyes. "I can't paint anymore. I'll repay Your Highness for the medicine little by little."

Prince Yong'an picked Yan Qing up and carried him home. "Medicine is expensive. Only your paintings are worth enough to repay me. We'll treat you first, and once you're better, you can keep painting."

Before long, it was the Empress Dowager's birthday.

At the palace banquet, Zhou Yixing accidentally drank drugged wine and retreated to the painting room, which was supposed to be empty.

In the haze of heat, he unexpectedly saw a figure who often appeared in his dreams.

"Yan Qing, Yan Qing."

The young painter narrowed his eyes and added the final stroke to the mural.

Before a solemn golden Buddha, Yan Qing held the dazed Zhou Yixing in his arms.

The brush, thick with vermilion, stained his white robe red. Amid the haze of wine, he let those hands that had drawn bows and held reins wrap around his waist.

"Your Highness..."

Not long afterward, rumors spread that a distinguished guest at Prince Yong'an's manor had fallen ill, unable to eat and unable to sleep at night, seemingly with little time left to live.

Prince Yong'an, Zhou Yixing, spent a fortune. The capital's famous physician felt Yan Qing's pulse and sucked in a sharp breath.

"Your Highness, the young master's pulse... indicates a pregnancy."

1v1, both leads' first time, includes childbearing. A mindless, sweet, slice-of-life confection.

Theme: Always keep your passion for life.