A cool, dual-natured beauty x the tyrannical yet pure-hearted Eastern Depot eunuch, the Nine-Thousand-Year Lord
[Revenge against scoundrels + Double purity + Long-planned romance + Sweet and sensual]
Yun Yue was brought back to the Minister of Rites’ household to serve as a sacrificial lamb, taking her legitimate sister Yun Xin’s place as the bride of Wu Zhongqi, the brutal and merciless Eastern Depot Commander. Rumor had it that Wu Zhongqi’s first two wives had mysteriously died on their wedding nights. To avoid marrying him, Yun Yue found a way to marry into Prince Rong’s household alongside Yun Xin. Little did she know that this was only the beginning of her nightmare.
The maid who was like a sister to her was beaten to death while trying to find medicine for her. Prince Rong cut the child from her womb to cure Yun Xin’s chronic coldness. Desperate, Yun Yue threw herself into the city moat. From then on, the river held the corpse of a woman with an empty abdomen.
When she opened her eyes again, Yun Yue found herself back on the day the Yun family had brought her home. This time, she resolutely married Wu Zhongqi, the Eastern Depot Commander. No matter how dangerous it was, she would use this towering tree to rise to the top and make the villains from her past life kneel before her and atone.
She had thought Wu Zhongqi was a wicked official guilty of the gravest crimes. Only after getting close to him did she discover that he bore all the blame and the scorn of the world on behalf of those in power. This great sinner of the ages, who walked on the edge of a blade every moment, had once possessed a young man’s wholehearted devotion. He was a ruler second only to The Outcast, yet also a pawn in the treacherous game of royal power.
Reborn, Yun Yue thought she had everything under control. She never expected to fall into the web of love Wu Zhongqi had spun. There was no such thing as coincidence; he had simply been plotting to win her love all along.
She was the only light in the abyss that was Wu Zhongqi. He did not fear drowning in the condemnation of thousands; he cared only for her. As his one failure, Wu Zhongqi had met the love that would be his last.
But Yun Yue discovered a secret that had been hidden in the residence for years.
A skeleton buried deep...
