Lure Her Deeper

#Naive Little Bunny x Scheming Smiling Tiger#

Xie Yun is the eldest daughter of a marquis's household. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she has grown up cheerful, innocent, clever, and mischievous.

When the empress selects companions for the Third Princess, the questions are obscure, but they happen to match what Xie Yun has studied. She stands out among the talented young women and noble ladies and stays in the palace.

The Third Princess and the crown prince are full siblings.

The crown prince, Zhao Xian, is handsome, dignified, and wise.

As the princess's companion, Xie Yun often sees the crown prince. After years spent together, she has always thought he sees her as a younger sister.

His eyes are gentle and warm. When he looks at the world, it is as though a Buddha were gazing down upon it. Xie Yun has never misinterpreted the way he looks at her.

Nor has she ever dared to dream of reaching for the highest branch beneath the heavens.

She plays polo with the Fourth Prince, writes plays and scripts with the Sixth Prince, and teaches the Seventh Prince to make rouge and face powder.

Only in the crown prince's presence does she watch her words and manners, behaving with perfect obedience and thoughtfulness.

She hopes that the future emperor will appreciate her and extend his protection to her family.

When she is sixteen, the crown prince suddenly shows her concern and asks, "Yun'er, if you were to become a prince's consort, which prince would you choose?"

Xie Yun knows that the crown prince is showing her the greatest possible favor by letting her choose.

Though he means to look after her, she cannot actually presume to pick and choose.

She answers flawlessly, "The Fourth Prince is brave and capable, the Sixth Prince is witty and charming, and the Seventh Prince is gentle and considerate. All the princes are outstanding men."

She does not notice the gaze beneath the crown prince's gentle expression growing cold.

A few days later, an imperial decree arrives at her home, naming Xie Yun the crown prince's principal consort.

Xie Yun: "???"

Whatever the crown prince was thinking, did she really just praise three other men to her future husband?

But she does not know that from the very day the companions were selected, she had already fallen into the crown prince's trap, caught in the gentle web he wove with his own hands.

Whether in the past or the future, she can only ever be his.

(Regardless of the setting, both leads are sexually inexperienced.)

Theme: Love is the one and only