Imprisoned by the Crown Prince: A Mother's Desperate Choice

Xie Zhixue, the capital's most celebrated beauty and talent, had her future shattered when a scoundrel's assault left her with an illegitimate child. To shield her family from scandal, she faked her death and vanished—defying even the emperor's decree that she marry the crown prince. All she wanted was a quiet life raising her son in the shadows. But the crown prince has other plans. He hunts her down, drags her to his Eastern Palace estate, and issues a chilling ultimatum: become his concubine, or watch her beloved son be castrated and enslaved. Trapped between a mother's love and a tyrant's…