Her Little Highness

Only after her death did Chu Li realize she was a disposable supporting character in a political intrigue novel. The Seventh Prince, the purest and least favored prince in the palace, would turn dark in the future, become the main villain, and eventually die by the male lead's sword.

After watching her die, the Seventh Prince took the snuff bottle she had given him and spent the whole night in the cold wind by Mirror Lake, where they had first met. His thin, frail figure, wrapped in loneliness, pierced her heart.

Only then did she realize that the Seventh Prince, who had always ignored her and kept her at a cold distance, actually valued her as a friend, even though she was the daughter of a disgraced official, forced into the palace as a convict's servant.

With tears in her eyes, she vowed that if she ever got another life, she would hug him and tell him to his face that he was not cursed at all!

Later, her wish came true.

Using her memories, she selected noblewomen from powerful families who would be good matches for the Seventh Prince, then handed him a list and asked him to choose his future princess.

The usually gentle and reserved Seventh Prince suddenly reddened his eyes, grabbed her wrist, and demanded angrily, "Are you really that unwilling to serve me anymore?"

Chu Li: "..."

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Yu Jingze, who grew up in the Cold Palace, had always known he was cursed. His mother had died because of him, his father didn't love him, and even the palace servants bullied him.

He endured it all in silence, never complaining.

One winter, when he was six, he caught a chill. No one cared, and no one would get him medicine. Just as he was about to cry from feeling so miserable, a little palace maid gave him a delicate snuff bottle.

He loved it so much he didn't even dare use it.

But he didn't dare get close to her, either. He was cursed, and anyone who got close to him would suffer misfortune. So he watched her from afar, until one day she fainted in an empty corridor. Terrified, he hurried over.

She had hit her head, and a swelling had formed. Just as he was panicking and reaching for the precious salve he had managed to get, the little maid suddenly opened her eyes. He instinctively tried to retreat, but a small body wrapped its arms tightly around him.

He froze.

For the first time, he felt that someone needed him.

Years later, the little dumpling was punished by his father and had to copy out books. He ran into his mother's palace, tears in his eyes, and clung to her leg, sobbing, "Father doesn't like me at all. He always gets mad at me, but he never gets mad at Mother!"

Chu Li comforted him with an amused smile. "That's not true. He has gotten mad at me!"

The little dumpling looked up, eyes full of tears. "Really?"

Chu Li nodded with a smile.

... She would never tell her son that Yu Jingze had only gotten mad at her once, over the choice of his princess.

A pitiful little guy x A beautiful, strong, tragic heroine

Theme: Self-respect, independence, and perseverance