A Beauty Hidden in a Cage

[Possessive pursuit] Jiang Ronglan, daughter of the Crown Prince's tutor, was breathtakingly beautiful and clever. She loved the Crown Prince, but the Emperor betrothed her to the Fifth Prince, He Huayan. Everyone said the Fifth Prince was cold and proud, and Jiang Ronglan didn't want to marry him either. On their wedding day, Bianjing descended into chaos. She took advantage of the confusion to escape and fled far away. Three years later, He Huayan captured Jiang Ronglan and brought her back to Bianjing, imprisoning her in the Jiaofang Palace. He Huayan had been emperor for three years, but the empress's seat remained empty, and the officials were up in arms. One day, the palace attendants discovered that the Jiaofang Palace was brightly lit and that a beautiful woman had moved in. When word reached the Empress Dowager, she flew into a rage and shoved open the doors to the Jiaofang Palace, only to find He Huayan sitting beside the bed with his clothes in disarray... After a night of tenderness, she ran away again. He Huayan smiled faintly and lifted her chin. "If you like running away, my dear, then your husband will chase you to the ends of the earth." Jiang Ronglan: ... She ran, he chased. She kept fleeing without pause, and he pursued her relentlessly... She would never escape his grasp... 1. Possessive pursuit / powerful hero and weaker heroine / five-year age gap 2. One-on-one romance, both virgins, happy ending [Upcoming novel: "Hidden Beauty". Please add it to your reading list!] [Possessive pursuit] [Stealing His Brother's Wife] Ruan Yuyan, the daughter of a merchant, and Jiang Huai, the county magistrate's son, were childhood sweethearts. On their wedding night, Jiang Huai left for the capital to take the imperial examinations. The following year, after passing the exams and entering officialdom, he caught the prime minister's eye as a potential son-in-law, and wanted to demote her from wife to concubine. She refused and asked for a divorce, but Jiang Huai wouldn't agree. Just then, Jiang Haisong, Jiang Huai's cousin, came to visit and helped her fake her death and escape. As she wondered how she could repay him, Jiang Haisong imprisoned her in his residence. That night, Jiang Haisong pinned her wrists down and whispered in her ear, confessing his love. She was shocked and struggled, wanting only to escape... Theme: Nurture love with care