The Concubine's Rise to Power

[Historical romance + palace and household intrigue + legitimate daughter + princess consort + punishing scoundrels + face-slapping + devoted husband + runaway bride]

The second young lady of the Gu family, Gu Moyan, had always been determined to take a husband into her family and carry on the family line. Who knew she would attract an influential man with a terrible reputation? They say he abused two concubines to death...

Before the wedding, Second Miss Gu ran away.

The consequences were devastating: her father died of rage, her mother took her own life, and in an instant, her family was torn apart.

But the influential man refused to let it go. He caused the death of the brother-in-law who had taken her in, then framed her nephew and had him thrown in prison. With no other choice, Second Miss Gu bowed to fate and entered the marquis’s residence, volunteering to become a concubine in exchange for saving her sister’s only child.

The marquis’s gates were like a sea, and Second Miss Gu had to tread carefully, living in constant fear. She repeatedly found herself in danger, only to be rescued each time by the influential man. He remained domineering, proud, venomous, and calculating, yet beneath his arrogant exterior, she could sense a love as deep as the sea. It turned out the man was a secretly passionate type...