[Period Drama + Clear-Headed Heroine + No Love Triangle + Power and Ambition + Powerful Leads + Tragic Ending]
They all called me a temptress, saying I'd debased myself by becoming Chen Shuhuai's mistress.
I laughed at them for not understanding, laughed because they were jealous.
In this chaotic world, I wanted to survive, to live like a person. If I couldn't rely on romance, what else could I lean on to climb the high towers?
I loved the cruelty in his eyes, loved the warmth of his embrace.
I craved his handsome face, but craved even more the comfortable life he gave me.
We fell madly in love on a peak built from sin, and tormented each other amid opulence, as if the end of the world would never come.
He always said, "Stay with me, and I'll give you the best life possible."
But what he ultimately gave me was a gilded age, and a mountain of sin.
After he was gone, all the splendor faded. I was left with endless riches and a lifetime stretching before me. In this life, who was it that had trapped whom?
Someone asked Wen Yan, "If you knew death was inevitable, would you have gone with him that day?"
Wen Yan's answer was, "Yes."
It was true that she loved money and handsome men, and it was also true that she loved him.
This is a story about a mistress, but it is not just a story about a mistress.
