Opening in November
The late emperor's edict declared that Duke Yu was suspected of harboring rebellious intentions. If his posthumous child was a boy, he was to be executed. If a girl, she was to be kept until adulthood and sent to the palace to serve.
So, sixteen years later, the "princess" set off north in a pink dress, as ordered, to serve the young emperor who had just ascended the throne...
Except she couldn't serve him.
Before entering the palace, Yu Shu shut his eyes and "accidentally wandered" onto a luxurious pleasure boat. He found a handsome man and, summoning all his courage, spent the night crouched on the floor beneath the man's bed. Early the next morning, he sent a memorial of apology to the throne
"The young princess says she's already fallen deeply in love with someone else, beneath the moon and among the flowers. She can no longer bring herself to enter the palace and serve His Majesty."
On the Chongxiao Terrace, the young emperor had just disembarked after his inspection tour of the south. Dark circles shadowed his eyes as Xie Yan tossed aside a jade pendant he'd just picked up from under his bed and sneered. "No matter. I don't mind."
The old eunuch went pale. "But the princess said..."
"What did she say?"
"She said she'd given herself to that man last night."
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As spring turned to autumn, everyone at court knew that Duke Yu had finally managed to leave behind a daughter, but she was a shameless sort. She had defied the late emperor's edict, humiliated the emperor, and secretly pledged herself to a common man.
One impeachment memorial followed another. Some hoped to use the scandal to bring down the Duke Yu household, but they found it impossible to budge. Not only that, the case against Duke Yu from years ago was even going to be reopened...
Only the "princess" began to worry.
If they accidentally discovered he was a man, the emperor would never let him live. After much thought, he decided that running away was the best option. The only person he couldn't bear to leave behind was the handsome sweetheart he'd been seeing for a while...
Standing in the courtyard he'd bought to keep someone, Yu Shu reluctantly left the deed with Xie Yan. "That emperor is very petty. If I don't enter the palace to serve him, he'll never let me off easily."
"That's true."
"..."
Naturally dim-witted but tenacious "princess" shou x Unorthodox, scheming young emperor gong / 1v1 / Both virgins / A little ridiculous and not too serious
Theme: Live tenaciously
