Alluring

Raorao had a given name but no surname.

While she and the other refugees were scraping bark off trees to eat, a trafficker pulled her from a heap of corpses.

When she was rescued, she was filthy from head to toe, her face caked with grime.

Later, the trafficker cleaned her up and praised her as a pearl hidden beneath dust, certain she would fetch a good price. He quickly sold her to a well-to-do official's household in the capital.

After she entered the household, her master bestowed a name upon her. She was settled in the outer courtyard, where she learned a trade from the household gardener.

Raorao was neither clever nor ambitious. She only wanted to work her way up from a young maid trimming plants to an old matron trimming plants, and live a life whose end she could see from the beginning.

Perhaps along the way, she would meet an ordinary servant, marry and have children, then spend the rest of her life in quiet contentment.

But fate is always hard to predict. At a banquet, Raorao was given as a gift to a powerful official of the day. She became a woman kept out of sight in the rear courtyard of Prince Huai's estate, without even a title.

Her hands were covered in scars and calluses from her work, rough and unsightly, just like her. She had never gone to school and could barely recognize a few characters.

She knew nothing of refinement or tact, only how to tend leaves and branches. She had no idea how to attend to a nobleman.

Whenever the nobleman came to see her, she made him so angry he couldn't speak. He only ate with her and never stayed the night.

But everyone in the prince's household said she was his sole favorite, the apple of Prince Huai Yue Xun's eye, and destined to rise to glory and riches.

Raorao didn't quite understand. He came to eat with her every day. Was that what it meant to be his one and only favorite?

Wasn't that just sharing meals?

1v1, happy ending.

[Reader's Guide]

1. This is a sweet romance! The leads are each other's only partners, body and heart!

2. True-love warriors never surrender. Love at first sight is always the best!

3. There may be melodramatic plot twists, so be very, very, very cautious!

4. The clothing and customs are a jumble of dynasties. It's a fictional setting, completely made up!

5. The female lead will get a formal name later in the story!

6. The male lead has never treated the female lead badly! Never, never! He's a true-love warrior just like the author!

Synopsis completed in 2023.8

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Theme: Sweet as can be~