The heroine seizes the hero / Fake white moonlight stand-in
Cold-faced, shameless Princess Royal x easygoing, beautiful scholar
To save his younger sister, Lin Yanci, who had always kept out of worldly affairs, ran around seeking help, but every door was closed to him.
With no other choice, he sought out the Princess Royal, who held power over the entire court.
After studying his face for a moment, the Princess Royal stopped listening to his pleas and had him detained in her residence. Her intentions were obvious.
When he tried to sneak out and was caught red-handed, the Princess Royal ordered forcefully, "Go back and wash up. You're spending the night with me."
No matter how eloquently he argued, he couldn't talk her out of it.
Still, he figured there was no need to worry.
At least he was a man. If he didn't want to do that sort of thing, surely no one could force him so easily?
That night, after drinking a cup of tea from the Princess Royal, an unbearable heat quickly overwhelmed his reason.
Only then did he realize he'd been too quick to feel safe.
After several struggles, he had nowhere to run and couldn't escape her grip.
Though resentment filled his heart, in the end he could only let her have her way with him.
Lin Yanci had thought it was all just bad luck that this had happened to him.
Until he saw a portrait.
It had been painted by the Princess Royal herself. The person in it was a young general in bright clothes, riding proudly into battle.
His features looked remarkably like the young general's.
In an instant, humiliation and fury washed over him, crushing the breath from his lungs.
So he wasn't even a real person to her.
He was just a shadow of someone from her past, a counterfeit.
Princess Royal Xie Jingyu had always been domineering and reckless, doing whatever she pleased.
The moment she saw Lin Yanci, she was certain that someone so pure, beautiful, and young belonged to her.
It didn't matter if he was unwilling. She had plenty of ways to make him obey.
She could tame even the wildest horse, so what was he compared to that?
In this world, there was nothing she wanted that she couldn't get.
Reader's Note
1. Older woman-younger man romance, one-on-one, both leads' first and only, happy ending.
2. The heroine seizes the hero, using simple, heavy-handed methods.
Theme: Make merry while life is good
