Eight years ago, the entire Lin family was massacred, and seven-year-old Lin Ran fell from a pampered young noblewoman to a government courtesan.
On the night of her coming-of-age ceremony, she smiled at General Pei Chen across the crowd, her skirt brushing his bloodstained boots.
Everyone said Pei Chen had loved only two people in his life: his late first wife, Lin Yuan, and Su Ningyu, his childhood sweetheart and current wife.
But no one knew...
Night after night, he climbed through her window, pinning her to the bed as he kissed the spider lily at her throat and pleaded hoarsely:
“Ranran, tell me you love me.”
[She sees him only as her sharpest blade]
Lin Ran smiled radiantly, tracing Pei Chen's heart with her fingertip. “General, what will you trade for me?”
She wanted him to destroy the Su family with his own hands, clear the Lin family's name with a lifetime of military achievements, and love her with all-consuming devotion, only for her to destroy it all.
Women of the pleasure quarter knew best how to overcome strength with softness. She bound his armor with red silk, then traced her enemies' names in blood on his palm. At the victory banquet, she danced barefoot to the beat of war drums, her red robes swirling like a banner summoning the dead.
She even snapped Su Ningyu's Buddhist prayer beads in front of everyone. “The Bodhisattva can't absolve you of your sins. Why not beg me instead?”
[He knows it's a trap, yet willingly steps into the abyss]
Pei Chen was decisive and ruthless all his life, but he was helpless against her.
Every tender gesture of hers was poisoned, every act of affection steeped in calculation. He knew she had not a shred of sincerity, yet still let himself fall.
He was willing to be her blade, to slaughter all her enemies, himself included.
“If you want me ground to dust, I'll make my bones the road you walk.”
When blood feuds collide with obsessive love,
when the truth finally comes to light, will the two entwined in the lotus-draped bedchamber fall into hell together, or save each other?
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I found a treasured author and stayed up all night to read it. The story is unconventional and the plot is compact. The female protagonist is beautiful, powerful and smart, and the male protagonist is super doting and loving. I always felt a bit cruel to the male protagonist, but fortunately, the author came back to his senses in the end. Fortunately, the male protagonist was given a lot of benefits in the end. In the end, the female protagonist dreamed back to her childhood and fulfilled her family reunion and the male protagonist's lifelong dream since childhood! It is worth recommending. This will be another good book that I have been reluctant to delete from my bookshelf. I strongly recommend it to all old readers!
Because I was following another novel by the author, (this was the first author who asked me to follow it) and it was not enough, I read the finished one. The story jumps a lot, and it is still related to each other. The male protagonist is actually very clean, and the female protagonist can keep her body and mind. The emotional description is quite touching, not sad but also heart-wrenching. The plotting part is still clever. I like the happy ending. Worth a look to pass the time. Forgot about the five-star reviews, come back and order them [laughing crookedly]
It looks good, the writing is good, and the story doesn't drag on.
I went to watch it all. I watched it for more than 4 hours and it tied it. It's very interesting 🥰🥰🥰
The plot is quite good, the heroine is also very smart, and she takes revenge step by step. The plot attracted me and I didn't jump to read it. It is a very good novel.
Beautiful, worth seeing
The writing is very good, why is it not divided equally?
It's so beautiful. I support the author greatly.