Also known as: Bandit Woman Who Bewitches the Soul
A fierce and mysterious bandit woman who hypnotizes and bewitches souls x a dark, scheming prince who plays the pig to eat the tiger
1.
Rumors say that a fierce and mysterious female bandit lives in the eerie Soul-Devouring Valley outside the capital. Her identity is a mystery, and she always wears a veil. A group of bandits follows her everywhere. All she has to do is shake the bell on her wrist, and her bandits obey her like the walking dead.
One day, the Fourth Prince, Xing Ruochen, who lived at the mercy of others, sneaked alone into the Soul-Devouring Valley, famous for its medicinal herbs, hoping to find medicine for his gravely ill wet nurse. But the female bandit captured him.
"This man I've captured has such a fine-looking body. I like him very much~"
When the female bandit forced him to submit, he said, "Chief, I... I don't know how..."
She shook the little bell on her wrist, her gaze seductive. "That's all right. If you don't know how, I can teach you~"
2.
Lian Muhan is the chief of the Soul-Devouring Valley. She uses a Soul-Bewitching Bell to hypnotize her bandits. One day, a man with a face as handsome as jade and an elegant, otherworldly air arrived at the stronghold, claiming to be from the palace.
She lifted the man's chin with a fingertip and shook the bell on her wrist. "When the Soul-Bewitching Bell rings, anyone with three souls and seven spirits must obey me. From now on, you belong to me~"
The man stared at her in a daze. A moment later, his eyes rolled back, and he answered with a tremble, "Ruochen obeys the chief."
She kept him in the Soul-Devouring Valley, locking him in a cage by day and ordering him to attend to her by night. When the Soul-Bewitching Bell rang, he obediently brought her tea and water, did her hair and makeup, and even...
As time went by, she gradually noticed that the man was always watching her in secret, and his gaze had grown from vacant and dazed to clingy and smoldering...
3.
One night, Lian Muhan reclined on her bed beneath the curtains, dressed in a gauzy robe. As usual, she shook the Soul-Bewitching Bell and called to the man, "Come in~ Light the candles and pour me some tea."
Xing Ruochen walked to the bed with his head bowed, but there was no teacup in his hands.
She frowned and scolded him. "Where's the tea?"
The man who always obeyed her every command was acting strangely tonight. His gaze was tender as he covered her, then removed the Soul-Bewitching Bell from her wrist.
"You've had my heart for ages, my lady. What do you need that wretched bell for?"
"How dare you? Who gave a kept man like you permission to call me 'my lady'?"
He gripped her shoulder, bent down, and kissed her forcefully.
After their passionate night together, he wrapped an arm around her waist and asked, "If I wasn't allowed to call you my lady before, what about now?"
Three years later, the Crown Prince was deposed. The Fourth Prince was made Crown Prince by the emperor after earning merit for suppressing bandits.
After that, a mysterious Crown Princess moved into the Eastern Palace. Every night, the palace attendants would hear a clear jingling sound, followed by... [censored]
The next day, they would see:
At the first ring of the wrist bell, the Crown Prince washed and dressed her.
At the second ring, the Crown Prince came back from court in a temper and took care of the child.
At the third ring, the Crown Prince knelt humbly and begged for cuddles.
[Reader's Guide]
1. One couple, both virgins, happy ending, alternate history.
2. Because of his mother's unusual status, the male lead was born immune to hypnosis. At first, he pretended the female lead had hypnotized him to save his own life.
3. The female lead wasn't born with her hypnotic ability. She learned it later.
Theme: Win people over with sincerity.