[Blurb] (Not started yet, building up a backlog~)
After a crushing defeat, Xiao Hongyue, princess of the Southern Dynasty, has no choice but to travel north to marry the crown prince of Northern Qi, Ji Xuanying, who is five years younger than her.
They say the crown prince of Northern Qi is brutal, ruthless, and utterly merciless, yet, unexpectedly, he treats her quite well.
The Empress of Northern Qi gives her a hard time and bullies her. Before long, the Empress falls gravely ill and shuts herself away.
She hits it off with the daughter of a high-ranking official. Soon afterward, that official's family is executed, and the once-grand young lady is sent to the entertainment quarters, then brought before her to serve her.
She misses the food from her homeland, so he conquers a city in the Southern Dynasty and has every cook in the city brought in to prepare dishes for her.
Hongyue finds his kindness a little unnerving.
When Ji Xuanying touches her again, Hongyue pushes him away with trembling hands.
Faced with her coldness, Ji Xuanying asks her, deeply aggrieved:
"Why are you pushing me away? Is the new cook not to your taste?"
Looking into his clear, jade-green eyes, glistening with tears, Hongyue suddenly remembers--
Nine years ago, a hostage from Northern Qi in the Southern Dynasty's imperial palace had the same beautiful, captivating eyes. With tears in them, he asked her:
"Sister Yue, could you please not get married? I want you to stay with me forever."
Back then, Hongyue was sixteen, the Southern Emperor's beloved eldest legitimate daughter, and newly betrothed to the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo.
He was Northern Qi's discarded son, sent thousands of miles away to the imperial palace of the Southern Dynasty. Only with her protection had he managed to survive in that deep palace.
Faced with his childish, unguarded words, she merely smiled faintly and lightly brushed a finger over the bridge of his nose. "If I don't get married, should I wait for you to grow up and marry me?"
The grown man hooks an arm around her neck. His towering frame casts a shadow over her, enveloping her completely.
"Sister Yue, you were the one who said you'd wait for me to grow up."
"Sister Yue, I've kept my promise and come to marry you. Why are you still unhappy?"
"Now, are you going to deny what you said?"
1v1, both leads are sexually inexperienced, possessive pursuit, the male lead is completely unhinged
Theme: Learn to love others and yourself
