Bought as a Wife, Kept as a Concubine: The Unhinged Power Minister Dotes on Her Night After Night

[Wife-for-hire + male lead has no previous romantic or sexual experience + powerful man bows his head + desperate pursuit] With her daughter gravely ill and her husband standing by without lifting a finger, Xia Qinghe signed a contract to serve as a wife and entered the residence of Lord Jiang to bear him a child. Jiang Zhuo wielded immense power at court. He was ruthless, merciless, and deeply suspicious. Xia Qinghe remembered her place and did everything to please him, even bearing his child, all so she could earn a little more money. She didn’t feel wronged. It was just a transaction, and she was willing. Until an assassination attempt left her lying in a pool of blood and cost her the twins she carried. “Jiang Linyuan, please, let me go home!” It turned out she wasn’t a bought child bride or a wife hired to bear children. Her parents had searched for her for over a decade. She, too, was someone’s precious treasure. With the spring breeze at her back, she headed south to Jiangnan, where the world stretched wide and her family could be reunited. Jiang Zhuo didn’t trust women and wouldn’t allow himself to be weak. He would never be as foolish as his father! But when Xia Qinghe decided to leave, no amount of scheming could make her stay. He coughed up a mouthful of blood from his heart and finally understood what it meant to regret. The spring breeze swept through Jiangnan, softening the heart. “Qinghe, please, won’t you look at me one more time?”