Hua Ying, a senior maid in the Marquis’s household, is stunningly beautiful, graceful, and delicate.
But she was born poor and lowly.
Until one night, when the second young master was drugged and needed her as an antidote. He took her by force.
Hua Ying could no longer hope to stay until age and fading beauty earned her the chance to leave and marry. All she could do was pray that the mistress of the house would be kind.
When the truth came out, Hua Ying was accused of seducing him and sentenced to death by beating. The second young master gave her a title, making her a favored concubine whom everyone envied.
Only Hua Ying knew the coldness at the second young master’s core, and the person he kept hidden in his heart.
In the end, she turned and walked away. But the man regretted it and imprisoned her in his arms. “Ying’er, please, have mercy on me.”
