The Crown Prince Adored Jade Waist

(A peek at an upcoming story): "I Only Love Your Wife"

Yu Yao was born into a prominent family but ended up in a brothel, where the heir to the Marquis of Zhenbei took her in as his mistress. The heir had no children, and his first wife was often ill.

He held her close, cherishing her like the apple of his eye. "Yaoyao, once you give birth, I'll bring you into the household as my concubine."

Yu Yao believed him.

She gave birth to a son, but still couldn't enter the marquis's residence.

The heir rose steadily through the ranks, first becoming a Hanlin scholar and then entering the Grand Secretariat. He became the youngest grand secretary since the founding of the dynasty.

As her son grew older, the maids around her flattered her. They said that before long, the young master would grow up, pass the examinations, and become an official. She would surely become the next heir's wife eventually, and the best was yet to come!

But before her son could grow up, the heir's first wife poisoned him. The position of the heir's wife changed hands without ever going to Yu Yao. In the end, she was condemned as an adulteress and unfaithful wife, and died on the eve of the first spring festival of the new year.

Yu Yao was consumed by hatred.

She hated the way the heir had whispered sweet nothings as he took her body, making every word sound so lovely:

To spend a lifetime together, just the two of us. Let us be lost in each other wherever we may be.

His vows still rang in her ears, yet they had been parted by life and death.

Heaven took pity on her, and she was given another life. She was once again the heir's mistress, and the seed in her belly had already taken root.

She was furious. Gritting her teeth, she had the pregnancy terminated before it could develop. Her postpartum bleeding hadn't even stopped, and that bastard still tried to climb into her bed!

She pretended to humor him while secretly arranging a chance encounter with her next patron: the crown prince.

The snow melted, and the spring rain cleared. When the crown prince went to the Temple of State Protection to offer incense, he rescued a woman with glossy dark hair, rosy cheeks, and skin as white as snow.

She told him that she had been forced to become someone's mistress and that her life had been full of hardship.

He took pity on her and brought her back to the Eastern Palace, showering her with gold and jewels, granting her status and wealth, and even making her crown princess and empress.

But the heir came with the burial clothes and tomb of their child, his face dark, to question and threaten her. The emperor grew suspicious and ordered an investigation.

As she plotted how to fake her death and escape, the emperor took her to a room. Five severed heads lay on the table. She turned pale with fright and collapsed to the floor.

The emperor lifted her chin with his jade-like fingers. "Yaoyao, should I call you Yu Yao, or Jade-Waisted Slave?"

When I was young, I had a first love. The first time I saw her, my heart stopped. Without changing expression, I asked the attendant beside me, "Have you ever heard a white camellia bloom?"

I can hear that sound now.

Reading guide:

1. The male lead is a virgin; the female lead is not.

2. The heir's pursuit of his wife after losing her will fail.

3. The male lead is first the crown prince, then the emperor.

(A peek at an upcoming story): "I Only Love Your Wife"

1.

Zhai Yue and her husband, Cheng Jie, married young and had a deeply loving relationship. They were the envy of everyone around them.

Until Zhai Yue saw her husband walking into their courtyard with another woman and a young child, the three of them a happy family.

After much deliberation, she decided to hand him a divorce agreement.

She thought Cheng Jie would gladly agree. Instead, his expression darkened and brightened in turns. "If you want a divorce, you'll have to kill me. In life, you'll be a wife of the Cheng family; in death, you'll be a ghost of the Cheng family!"

Better to act decisively than spend a lifetime as a bitter couple.

Once she made up her mind, she thought of the one person in the world who could make her husband bow his head and obey.

2.

The third year of the Zhensu reign, spring.

The regent was ambushed while traveling south, so he temporarily stayed at the home of his disciple, Cheng Jie, who was observing mourning there.

At the time, Cheng Jie was elegant and upright, newly married to his wife, Lady Lou. Hand in hand, they planted a loquat tree and vowed to grow old together.

If they could be mandarin ducks together, they would gladly die for it. They envied no immortals, only the mandarin ducks.

The regent stood beneath the veranda and watched them for a long time.

The regent had fought on battlefields and plotted his way through court politics. He was only one step away from the throne.

Yet he knew in his heart that one regret in his life remained unfulfilled.

Who could have imagined that the woman who had haunted his dreams for years would come to ask for his help?

He agreed at once, his gaze deep and burning.

3.

Flies don't gather around an uncracked egg. If the egg has no crack, all you have to do is make one, right?

Theme: Love yourself before you love someone else.