The Second Male Lead Doesn't Love Me, the Courtesan

When I entered this book, the main story had already ended. The male lead had ascended the throne, the female lead had become empress, and the second male lead, once madly in love with her, had risen to become Grand Secretary, wielding power over the entire court. As for me, I was merely a courtesan mentioned in passing in the epilogue. Though I was famed for my beauty, enough to captivate the capital, I was destined for a short life.

Yet somehow, a woman of my disreputable background was formally wed by the second male lead and welcomed into the marquis's residence. Everyone said Han Yunchu shouldn't have married me. How could a woman from a brothel deserve to stand by his side?

I knew it too: Han Yunchu was the book's second male lead. He had loved only the female lead his entire life, from beginning to end,