[Bold, free-spirited, courageous, and resourceful princess VS. refined gentleman who turns into a lunatic heir. SC, 1v1, happy ending.]
Hu Xiyue was a top tycoon who had made her fortune from scratch and broken into the top ten of the country's richest list. She couldn't understand why she'd woken up in the imperial capital of Yuecheng in the Great Wei Dynasty, as a third-class maid serving the heir of the Marquis of Jing'an.
Fortunately, although her status was low, her master was easy enough to serve. She usually just tended to the flowers and plants. But when she accidentally touched the heir's clothes, she unlocked a new skill: foresight.
In the future she saw, within three years, she would rise from a lowly maid to the heir's bedchamber maid.
Next, she would be promoted to concubine and serve the lord and lady of the house, bearing the lord children.
Then, after a difficult labor, the heir would personally order them to "save the baby," ending her young life at just twenty.
Having glimpsed such a secret of fate, how could the former Hu Xiyue, now Xiaoyue, simply submit to her lot? Of course she'd make plans and break free of her destined path.
Luckily, while out one day, she accidentally touched a noblewoman's clothes and discovered that she was a princess who had been missing from the imperial family for many years.
It was a heaven-sent opportunity, and she wasn't going to let it pass her by.
After careful planning, she finally met the right people and reunited with her imperial father and mother.
From then on, there was no longer Qiuzhu, the personal maid to Zong Jinyi, heir of the Marquis of Jing'an. Instead, she was Yuwen Xiyue, the fifth princess of the Great Wei Dynasty, born of the empress.
They met again at the coming-of-age ceremony the royal family held for her.
Looking at Marquis Zong, who had lost his former composure and charm, the fifth princess merely gave him a cool glance before looking away.
He was nothing more than a nobleman's son. Why would the only princess born of the empress in all of Great Wei care for him?
She certainly wouldn't admit she held a grudge over how he'd later callously put her life at risk!
Unfortunately, she didn't know that in two years, a lot had changed.
For example, Zong had searched all of Great Wei for two years, yet still hadn't found his beloved personal maid, Qiuzhu.
For example, despite being over twenty and watching his friends marry and have children, after two years he was still alone, without even a bedchamber maid.
For example, within three years, he had secured the missing Qiuzhu a position as his secondary consort. He'd even thought that, if he found her, he might be willing to defy convention and make her his principal wife, just so they could spend their lives together, devoted to each other alone!
But she no longer cared for any of it. Not even when he accidentally learned about the princess's past from a friend.
He loved her, but she felt nothing for him. Yet he refused to give up!
From that day on, everyone in the city knew that Zong Jinyi, heir of the Marquis of Jing'an, had gone mad trying to marry the princess!
Years later, Yuwen Xiyue watched the man holding their child and playing with them. She finally couldn't resist asking, brows furrowing slightly, "How did you recognize me back then?"
The man kept playing with the child and smiled brightly at her. "Princess, that's my secret."
P.S.:
1. The novel is underway. Please leave comments and add it to your favorites! Updates daily, except Sundays, for six updates a week.
2. This is a fictional setting. Please don't nitpick historical details.
3. The female lead's golden finger: By touching someone's clothes, she can foresee the future of that person and the person most important to them.
4. The male lead is only a gentleman on the surface. He's not meant to be perfect.
Theme: Stay true to your heart, and you can see it through
