Sandalwood Slave

[Blurb subject to change]

* Tan Nu: a woman's lover

[An honest, timid heroine who only dares to cross the line with the male lead x a noble, proud male lead who only bows his head to the heroine]

After returning early from praying for blessings, Lan Yin accidentally caught her husband in a sordid affair with her cousin.

She had always been honest and easygoing, slow to anger.

In the shock of it all, Lan Yin instinctively fled her home. On the roadside, she came across an unconscious man covered in blood: the crown prince of the empire.

Lan Yin saved him and hid him in a little courtyard.

She thought that the debt of saving his life would be enough to make the crown prince help her settle everything.

But a few days later, news arrived that the crown prince had fled to escape punishment.

Her lifeline had become a hot potato.

Worse still, when the crown prince woke up, he had lost his memory.

At the same time, news came from the residence that her husband had invited her cousin to stay for a few days.

Rain poured outside.

Looking at the crown prince's radiant, moon-pale face, Lan Yin answered as if possessed:

"You? You're my Tan Nu."

She regretted it immediately and wanted to explain, but then the crown prince, whose proud bearing and graceful walk were the stuff of legend, slowly leaned closer.

He held his spine straight, yet lowered his eyes in deference, seemingly by chance revealing his wound. "Tan Nu thanks Madam for her kindness."

Lan Yin's heart gave a little flutter. She said no more, letting the crown prince carefully serve her tea.

She had never expected the lofty crown prince to be so gentle and considerate when serving someone.

She found herself reluctant to let Tan Nu go.

Just as Lan Yin was thinking that this arrangement wasn't so bad, her Tan Nu disappeared.

*

Yan Zhichuan was the crown prince of Great Yan.

A heaven-blessed prodigy, as refined as jade, he let his guard down for a moment, was ambushed, and lost his memory.

While suffering from amnesia, he was humiliated by a woman and tricked into becoming her lover.

In the bedroom, he even pleaded softly to her: "Please, Madam, take pity on me..."

After Yan Zhichuan returned to the capital, his first act was to kill the imperial brother who had ambushed him.

His second was to uncover the identity of the audacious woman and have her brought to the capital.

*

The Eastern Palace dungeon.

Lan Yin looked at the crown prince's stern expression and the iron whip in his hand, her eyes timid.

She wanted to beg for mercy, but a soft "Tan Nu" slipped from her lips before she could stop herself.

The crown prince's expression changed abruptly.

Lan Yin gave a sob and closed her eyes, waiting for the crown prince to take revenge.

But in the end, what she received was a tender kiss, pressed to her lips.

"Madam, didn't you say you'd keep Tan Nu for the rest of your life?"

Yan Zhichuan ground out through clenched teeth.

He hated the woman's teasing, and he hated his own soft heart.

[Note] The heroine has no sexual experience with men. She and the hero only consummate their relationship after their divorce.

Theme: Love must be cherished.