The Fake Princess Is Done Pretending

Lying Female Lead | Marriage First, Love Later | Chasing His Wife to the Crematorium | Over-the-Top Drama | Forced Possession

[Acting Pro Fake Princess X Sweet-Talking Black-Bellied Consort]

He Jiu had told many lies in her life.

The biggest was the one she was living now: she had stolen another's identity, going from an orphan to a princess.

She had barely entered the palace before she was hastily betrothed, and He Jiu did not resist.

Her consort was as elegant as a breeze beneath the moon, graceful and handsome. Even the scar on his profile was no match for the faces of those country bumpkins.

The consort was indeed gentle and considerate, bringing her a cup of light wine to please her.

The first time she got drunk, she stroked his face and asked where the scar had come from.

The second time she got drunk, she tore his clothes, her hands roaming without restraint. No matter how hard the consort tried, he could not hold her back.

The third time she got drunk, she climbed on top of him, and the consort...

The consort almost laughed in anger.

He had not met anyone so shameless in a long time. She was frivolous and lustful, flirting with everyone she met.

The princess was vulgar in her manners and fond of gold and silver. He maintained a gentle facade and kept his feelings hidden, waiting for the day he could find his old comrades.

When that day came, he would slaughter the entire royal family, leaving not one alive.

*

He Jiu had told one enormous lie:

On the surface, she claimed to be enjoying this extravagant wealth, but in truth, she was there to find someone and exact revenge.

She had no idea when she might die, so she wanted everything to be the best.

Lavish food and clothes, gold and silver from head to toe, so she could meet death with dignity whenever it came.

Naturally, she wanted a good man, too.

She had heard that one should throw oneself wholeheartedly into love, or else life would have been wasted. So she followed the examples in the plays and gave her heart to her consort.

At last, she found the person she had been looking for and quietly settled an old score. She had never felt such satisfaction.

But fate played a cruel trick. The real princess appeared.

He Jiu fell from the clouds into the mud. Though she had narrowly escaped with her life, she went from being a princess to a servant.

She watched the consort bow gently to the real princess by day,

then secretly take pleasure with her behind the rocks in the imperial garden.

He Jiu could only find it a little funny. What did that make her...

She could only treat all this love as a dream of fleeting life, and as punishment for taking someone else's place. What was stolen could never last.

She admitted she had done wrong, and had enjoyed every pleasure and luxury.

She had come to kill one person, and now that her wish was fulfilled, everyone should return to their proper place.

The instant the knife pierced her chest, Fu Wenjue had been serving the real princess, Shen Ce. But in the next moment, he went mad, abandoning his usual gentlemanly composure as he ran toward her with bloodshot eyes.

(The consort has only ever loved the female lead, body and soul, from beginning to end. He is completely devoted to her.)

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Blurb

Over-the-top drama | Maid who doesn't want to work | "Love and hate across a sea of passion" | Subverting the usual tropes

[Slacker Maid * Demon Lord]

They ran together through the rain. She wept for another man, and he was so heartbroken he punched a willow tree in half.

They argued, then made up...

Luo Yinyin picked her ears and yawned. Her arm was aching from holding the umbrella.

She had transmigrated into a book, and still had to work. She really wanted to slack off.

Sometimes she thought she could just give them both a bottle of aphrodisiac,

let them get it over with,

and then she could take a vacation in peace.

"Did you know? She was willing to be expelled from her sect for that man!"

The Demon Lord was so furious he smashed a tea set.

How would a maid know? A maid just wanted to get off work.

Luo Yinyin swept away the broken cups and rolled her eyes.

You don't know the cost of rice and firewood if you don't run a household. He smashed such nice cups without a second thought.

If he had so much money, why wouldn't he give her a raise?!

Should she drug Yue Wuqin?

Luo Yinyin had seriously considered it.

By modern logic, the reason Yue Wuqin was so irritable must be that he'd been pent up for too long and his hormones were out of balance. They just needed to get it on.

Then the two of them could be lovey-dovey, and she could take a long vacation.

But Luo Yinyin thought about what would happen if he found out, and regretfully gave up on the idea.

Then one day, her wish came true.

Miss Bai came to the Demon Realm to lie low,

and Yue Wuqin staggered into the palace on the second night.

He was astonishingly hot, hot enough to fry an egg, but he did not say a word. He only pressed his lips together and stared at her.

Luo Yinyin's eyes lit up. She ran off happily to call for help,

but Yue Wuqin pulled her into his arms. "Don't go."

Luo Yinyin tried to pry his little finger off her. "My lord, let go. The medicine will wear off soon... I mean, Miss Bai is going to bed soon."

Yue Wuqin only held her tighter. "Why have you been... avoiding me lately?"

She rolled her eyes. Sure enough, he'd mistaken her for someone else.

She did not want to be part of this tacky, melodramatic plot. She had watched so much drama lately her eyes hurt, and she did not want to get involved at all.

But the more she struggled, the tighter he held her. His voice carried a vulnerability that was hard to detect. "Yinyin, don't go."

Luo Yinyin: ?

The melodrama's main character is me?????

But what would a maid know about this...

Theme: Honesty is the best policy