The Concubine Who Wasn’t a Concubine

[Multiple male leads + intense romance + reborn and transmigrate + palace and household intrigue + power plays + strong female lead + a little humor]

Situ Xun says she is a cold-blooded, cold-hearted woman.

Little Goose says he is a man of loyalty and affection.

Tang Xiaohan says meeting her was her salvation.

Da San says she is his ordeal.

He lived for her, died for her, and did everything for her, yet could not even get her to look back at him!

She smiled at him, cried with him, and acted sweet and coy, yet could not bring herself to be forgiving and generous toward him!

He was her friend, her family, and someone from the same place as her, yet he could never be her lover!

He loved her with desperate fervor, with abject humility, with such heartbreak that it tore him apart! He loved her until every strand of his black hair turned white!

She avoided him, hurt him, and refused to trust him. Her words were swords and her actions were knives. Was she cutting him to pieces, or putting herself through a slow execution?

He said, “I live to share her pain. I live to remember what she looks like. I live for the chance to meet her in the prime of her life!”

She said, “If he hurts, then I can’t be happy either!”

He said, “Then it was all worth it!”

He stood beside the woman, gazing with her at the two people in the distance, motionless for a long, long time.

“A-Yu!”

“Here!”

“Have you fallen for someone?”

The woman slowly brought her right hand to her heart. Her brows softened as she replied, “I have!”

“Are you in love with him?”

“Not yet!”

“Can you take it back?”

“I can!”

She answered without the slightest hesitation.

He smiled, dazzlingly beautiful!