She Fled with His Child, and the Regent Panicked

To save up enough money to escape, Sang Luo pretends to be an unmarried orphan and hides away as a maid in the marquis’s residence. By day, she’s a sweet-talking, hard-hearted clown who spouts nonsense and loves money. By night, she sneaks out of the city to feed her six-month-old son, Suisui, hidden in a ruined temple. She thinks her act is flawless, until one night, the sickly young master refuses to eat, her chest bindings split, and the scent of milk fills the air. The all-powerful, deranged regent He Wang sweeps aside the curtain and kneels by the bed. His thumb brushes the corner of her lips. “I feel like I’ve smelled this scent somewhere before.” Sang Luo is so frightened her legs go weak. She wants to pack her valuables and flee that very night. But when she turns around The arrogant heir He Chiye pins her against a rockery. “There are marks of a man on you? Want me to kill him for you, or help you get even?” The scheming physician Wen Zheliu twirls a silver needle with a smile. “If the marquis finds out you have an illegitimate child, will he kill you first or marry you first?” The obsessive hidden guard Fu Yin draws his long sword and shields her. “Her life is mine. Anyone who touches her dies!” Just as Sang Luo is forced back step by step, the birthmark on her son’s wrist is accidentally exposed. Madness burns in the regent’s eyes. He grabs her slender waist and pulls her into his arms. “Is this child mine?” Sang Luo hooks an arm around his neck, grinning without a care. “Why don’t you guess how many men in this residence want to be his father?”