Mutual pining becomes real | Jealous and losing his mind | Driving the aloof flower of high society to madness | A little pursuit-and-regret romance
Bai Mingyi was chosen for the palace when she was young. For years, she followed her lessons faithfully, believing she would smoothly be selected as a female official.
But fate seemed to be playing a joke on her. She was cut from the selection, her classmates gossiped about her, and she could not escape the palace's inner depths. To make matters worse, she caught the attention of a group of royal sons who took delight in teasing her.
Bai Mingyi gritted her teeth and grabbed the handsome, refined figure before her.
"Would you be willing to pretend to be my lover?"
"No."
Someone came looking for them. "Brother Li, have you seen a beauty around here?"
But then he shielded her again. "I haven't."
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As the Crown Prince of Dasheng, Zhao Qingya had always been composed, calm, and rational. His father and mother both hoped he would marry a noblewoman from a distinguished family, but neither expected Zhao Qingya to meet a certain young woman.
She hugged him.
"Bai, please mind your behavior."
She kissed him.
"You have no manners."
She flirted with him, and they seemed to share an unspoken understanding.
Zhao Qingya: "..."
Zhao Qingya knew they were only pretending, and that it was all to help Bai Mingyi escape the people pestering her.
But when he saw her smiling sweetly at someone else,
a lump formed in his throat, and he could no longer say,
"This is all an act."
Then one afternoon,
she held up a letter someone had sent her and said with a smile, "Prince Mu says he will petition His Majesty to let him marry me properly and bring me to his estate."
Zhao Qingya stopped at the doorway, then turned around.
That night, using drunkenness as an excuse, he drew her into his arms and kissed her again and again.
He wanted to demand an explanation, yet he could not bear to hear an answer that might hurt him.
When he learned she was about to marry Prince Mu, Zhao Qingya rode through the rain at night. Ignoring everyone's attempts to stop him, he raised his cold blade to Prince Mu's neck, his eyes red.
"Mingyi, take my hand."
1. The female official is inspired by the Palace Directorate of the Song dynasty, but this is not a Song-dynasty setting. Everything serves the romance, and the fictional era is not meant to be scrutinized. The male lead is Zhao Qingya, who uses the false identity Li Qingya.
2. One-on-one romance, both leads have only ever been with each other. A sweet little romance!
Theme: Learning to love and be loved
Wife, should Jingtong Ten Years be placed at the end? It looks weird to me in the middle. I feel that the ending is too rushed and many things are mentioned in one go! I hope to see the wedding scene in the extra episode hehe
Laughing Rat, Gu Wang: Why don't you ask 😭 😭
When will young lovers be able to be sweet 😭
"There is no need to hold back on King Mu." This is a big bug for the author~ Damn, it seems I made a typo. It should be King An?
I just found out that this extra chapter has been updated. Now the whole story is really finished. I can't bear to part with it. Thank you, my wife, for accompanying me these past few months! I will always remember this day!
So sweet, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Wife, thank you for your company for several months. The main text is over and we will see you in the side story!
Wife, take your time. I'm waiting for you. I can't bear to leave you. Life is going well.
Emma is actually going to end. Where should I go to find you after it ends? My wife is not allowed to end.
You are so cruel to be stuck here! I beg you, can the prince rob me by force? Don't give me any more.