Have Mercy, Imperial Uncle — This Little Darling Is Too Delicate to Take Care of Herself

Chu Li was an abandoned infant taken in and raised as Consort Wen’s Ninth Prince — a girl disguised as a boy, meant to be a pawn in the consort’s bid for favor. All Chu Li wants is to be a “salted fish”: coast through life doing as little as possible until it’s over. Naturally, fate has other plans. The Prince Regent was supposed to take first place at the autumn hunt — instead, she accidentally saves the emperor and steals his glory. The Prince Regent hands out disaster relief — instead, she accidentally cracks a major case and wins the people’s hearts. The Prince Regent arranges a marriage alliance with a neighboring princess — instead, the princess insists on marrying her. She keeps ruining his plans without meaning to, until the Prince Regent starts seeing her as a rival for the throne, and the assassination attempts — open and covert — grow more frequent and more vicious. She clings to his leg, pleading: “Imperial Uncle, it’s all a misunderstanding! I really don’t want the throne!” Chu Dichi just smiles: “Playing the fool to lower my guard, and now you’re turning the blame on me? How clever.” — When a young general is falsely imprisoned, Chu Li loses her composure for the first time and rushes to save him — catching the Prince Regent’s attention. “Little Nine, so worried about him? Could it be your tastes run to men?” From then on, his gaze on her only grows more probing. “Little Nine, you’ve come of age and you’re still wearing pink — not embarrassed?” “Little Nine, awfully slight for a man, aren’t you. Sure you’re really the emperor’s son?” “Little Nine… you smell nice.” As his scrutiny tightens by the day, Chu Li fears her secret is about to unravel — and her life along with it. On the very night she plans to flee with the young general, the Prince Regent shows up with men to block her palace gate, cornering her: “Running off together? And who said I’d let you leave?” — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Have Mercy, Imperial Uncle — This Little Darling Is Too Delicate to Take Care of Herself — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠