I Accidentally Provoked a Ruthless Powerbroker, and the Marquis's Legitimate Daughter Ran Off While Pregnant

Xu Su has been afflicted with a strange poison for years, and has only six months left to live. To break the curse, he must find a woman to help him.

Just then, Lu Xixi, the legitimate daughter of the Loyal and Brave Marquis’s household, opens her heart to the man she loves, only to mistakenly confess her feelings to Xu Su.

He takes in the woman’s graceful, alluring figure, raises one eyebrow, and decides to play along.

“Since you’re so deeply in love with me and have promised yourself to me for life, I suppose I’ll graciously accept your feelings. This could even make a fine love story.”

Using his power, he alternates threats with enticements, forcing her to serve him at his private residence.

At first, he treats her only as a means to cure his poison. If she behaves, he’ll show her some consideration. If she still longs for her old flame, he’ll have that man’s entire family butchered.

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After Lu Xixi comes to live with him, she conceals her feelings for the man she loves, plays the part of a devoted admirer, and uses her charms to draw Xu Su into the illusion of a love she has woven for him.

Just as their passion reaches its peak, someone has her killed.

Consumed by rage, Xu Su immediately has the culprit hacked to pieces.

But a thorough investigation reveals that she isn’t dead at all. She staged her own death to escape from him.

He searches for her, grinding his teeth in fury while rejoicing that she’s still alive.

After an exhausting search, he is ambushed.

Covered in blood, he makes his way to her door and knocks. When it opens, he sees her rubbing her heavily pregnant belly. She coolly says to the person beside her, “He’s still alive? Once he’s breathed his last, just bury him.”

[Sweet romance, both leads have only ever loved each other]

[An inexperienced powerful minister is easy to win over]

[The marquis’s legitimate daughter: seemingly tender and devoted, but heartless × The powerful minister: seemingly cruel and ruthless, but only wants to cuddle with his wife]