After Being Sacrificed by the Marquis’s Household, I Became the Demon Lord’s Darling

Ning Nian never dreamed that the fifteen years she spent living as a wealthy heiress had all been part of a carefully planned scam.

When the real heiress, Lin Yuan, reclaimed her place, Ning Nian, the fake, fell from the clouds into the mud in an instant. Her parents were cold, her older brother despised her, and her fiancé, General Xiao, went so far as to suggest offering her as a “sacrifice” to the legendary bloodthirsty Demon Venerable to win Lin Yuan’s favor, appease the Demon Realm, and secure peace at the border.

Ning Nian was thrown into an endless abyss. Just as despair consumed her, she landed in a cold yet unexpectedly gentle embrace.

The Demon Venerable, said to have a green face and fangs and to have slaughtered countless people, was actually an incomparably handsome, lazy and carefree beauty?!

The Demon Venerable lifted her chin, his phoenix eyes tilting slightly. “Little thing, did they send you here to please me?”

Ning Nian lowered her eyes. “Yes.”

The Demon Venerable chuckled. “Then stay. My demonic palace is in need of someone who isn’t afraid to die.”

From then on, Ning Nian throws her weight around in the demonic palace.

The Marquis and his wife: “Nian Nian... H-how did you end up with the Demon Venerable...?”

The young marquis: “Sister, come back! The Demon Realm is dangerous!”

General Xiao is utterly heartbroken. “Nian Nian, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have... Come with me. I’ll protect you!”

Ning Nian nestles in the Demon Venerable’s arms, smiling scornfully. “Protect me? Weren’t you the one who pushed me into the abyss, General Xiao?”

The Demon Venerable tightens his hold around her and sweeps his cold gaze over the crowd. “Who dares lay a hand on my woman?”

Tags: Xianxia, Demon Venerable, angst before affection, face-slapping and putting scumbags in their place, real and fake heiresses, mutual salvation