Wu Yang waited eight long years, and finally became the heir apparent’s concubine. Though she fawned over him and obeyed his every whim, he still looked down on her lowly birth. When he failed to force her to take medicine to abort her child, he secretly struck at her after she gave birth...
Reborn into a new life, Wu Yang stopped pretending. She lived freely and boldly, becoming a sharp-tongued shopkeeper. In the morning, she chatted business with the heir to an imperial merchant family; in the afternoon, she flirted with her dashing younger brother-in-law; and in the evening, a muscular, rugged shop assistant joined her for dinner... Life had never been so carefree or delightful.
The heir apparent, also reborn, stood before a wooden sign that read “No dogs or heirs apparent allowed,” his teeth nearly grinding to dust...
