After I Toyed with and Abandoned the Proud Hostage Prince

Wang Yanluo transmigrated into the body of a princess who was about to be married off to an old man to secure an alliance.

While plotting her escape, she came across Lu Xingyuan, a hostage being held in the palace.

Lu Xingyuan came from a family of military commanders stationed on the frontier. Handsome and dashing, with sharp brows and bright eyes, he caught Wang Yanluo's eye at once. Before running away, she decided to flirt with the handsome guy first.

Lu Xingyuan was incredibly hard to approach.

She sent him pastries, and he returned them untouched.

She tried to talk to him, but he glanced up coolly and said nothing.

At last, she found a chance to meet him alone, but before they could exchange more than a few words, someone caught them and reported them to the emperor.

When her imperial brother questioned her, Wang Yanluo was just gritting her teeth and preparing to confess when Lu Xingyuan unexpectedly took the blame himself and endured thirty lashes.

Looking at his upright, noble figure, as pure and bright as a breeze after rain, she no longer dared to entertain thoughts of defiling him.

Feeling terribly guilty, she heard that her imperial brother planned to move against the Lu family, so she decided to take Lu Xingyuan with her when she ran away.

Wang Yanluo took good care of him along the way, and at last his wounds healed.

Unexpectedly, on the day he recovered, the two of them ended up sharing a night of passion.

Lu Xingyuan asked to marry her, but Wang Yanluo hurriedly waved him off, saying he didn't have to take responsibility. The Lu family was on the verge of collapse. She wasn't about to climb aboard a sinking ship.

After leaving, Wang Yanluo opened a little shop and lived a thriving life. The only thing missing was a warm, handsome man in her cold bed.

She decided to take in a live-in son-in-law.

But the first thing to arrive was a lawsuit.

In the Golden Throne Hall, the judge's block struck softly.

Looking at the new regent, who had been a hostage just three months ago and now held the emperor in his grip, the emperor asked nervously, "Regent, what grievance do you wish to bring before me?"

Lu Xingyuan's eyes were red, and his cold, harsh voice could not hide his hurt. "Your Majesty, I wish to sue the princess for seducing me and then abandoning me, and for dismissing her husband to marry someone else."

Wang Yanluo was utterly baffled. Who had said the Lu family were loyal to the death and would never rebel?

Later, whenever Wang Yanluo rubbed her aching legs and looked at the smug smile on the face of the man beside her, she couldn't help but cry inwardly: Seriously, when did I get on this sinking ship?

- One-on-one romance, both leads' first relationship

Theme: See things through to the end.