After I Played with the Crown Prince's Feelings and Abandoned Him

Ming Luo found herself a handsome husband.

The Tianying Pavilion was rife with infighting, but Ming Luo, having just earned a generous bounty, stayed out of it. With a few months of free time while away, she wanted to experience love.

Though the husband she had rescued along the way was a little cold and old-fashioned, with countless rules he insisted on following, Ming Luo felt she could put up with anything when she saw his jade-like, otherworldly beauty.

After going to considerable trouble to coax him into bed, they made love several times, and Ming Luo sincerely felt that her taste was excellent.

They spent a happy stretch of time together. When spring came and flowers bloomed, Ming Luo asked for a divorce.

There was no other reason: she was fickle, and that was only human nature.

Still, remembering the intimacy they had shared over the past few months, Ming Luo generously left him five hundred taels of silver, hoping they could part on good terms.

But on the day they divorced, her usually gentle and refined husband wore a face as cold as ice.

But if Ming Luo wanted to leave, nobody could stop her.

Xie Shiheng entered the Eastern Palace as a boy and consolidated his power.

One day, while setting a trap to purge his household, he was saved by a young woman who suddenly barged in.

The Crown Prince was still wondering what to make of this unexpected debt of gratitude when the young woman had already begun cashing in on it. "I saved you. How will you repay me?" she asked with a radiant smile and perfect self-assurance. "As it happens, I'm looking for a husband."

But later, she wore that same bright smile and said, "I've had my fun. I don't like you either. Is it so hard for us to part with a little dignity?"

Dignity?

For the first time in his life, the Crown Prince wondered what dignity even meant.

Several months later, Ming Luo returned to Tianying Pavilion and put on her usual disguise.

She did not care who the Pavilion's new master was, as long as the bounties remained generous.

One sunny day, Ming Luo accompanied the Pavilion Master to pay their respects to the new master. From afar, she caught sight of a corner of a white brocade robe.

Her footsteps faltered for a rare moment, nearly giving her away to the Pavilion Master.

But when she paid her respects alone, Ming Luo was perfectly composed, secretly thankful for her disguise.

When their eyes met, however, the man seated in the place of honor said coldly, "Will you remove your mask yourself, or shall I do it for you?"

Message: Pursue love with all your heart