His Wife, the Mother of His Child, Was a Courtesan and a Supporting Character

Han Yunchu had never imagined he would be the devoted second male lead in a book. In the original story, he was supposed to pine for his childhood sweetheart, the female lead, Gu Zhenyin, for his entire life. He would remain chaste for her, brave fire and water for her, and finally grow old alone beneath the splendid fireworks of her happy life as empress beside the male lead.

But the author went and wrote a bonus chapter. It had him meet Tao Xi, the beautiful courtesan who was the talk of the capital. She wasn't the female lead. She had no golden finger, no influential family, and had even fallen into the world of courtesans. Her purpose had never been to be loved, but... to bear him an heir.

No one asked whether she was willing. No one asked whether it hurt. And