Who Says a Forced Melon Isn't Sweet? The Duke Can't Stop Devouring Her

[A devoted couple + pure historical romance of family and country + political intrigue, revenge, and face-slapping + coercion + a man’s long pursuit of his wife after she leaves] [A vicious, cunning posthumous son of the former dynasty + a resilient, self-reliant princess of a fallen kingdom] The only words Qing Ke’s mother left her before she died were: “Stay alive.” From princess to lowly slave, she fled into the grasp of a vicious wolf just to survive. The wolf spared her life, then kept her under his thumb, toying with her as he pleased. By chance, she learned his true origins. Born a commoner and orphaned young, he was in fact the last survivor of the former dynasty, with more than a hundred thousand wronged souls behind him. She had never been part of his plan. At first, Xie Hengchen saw her as a wild bird, free and unrestrained, who kept her back straight even after taking blow after blow in a turbulent age. Cruelly amused, he decided to break her wings with his own hands. But she fought her way through the struggle, carving out a path in blood. She rose from a lowly slave to a palace official, climbing toward the position of crown princess. On their wedding night, exquisitely made up, she thought she would meet her gentle, radiant future heir to the throne. Instead, he lifted her veil, drew her into his arms, and called her with a smile in his eyes: “A Man.”