(Traditional historical romance + maid rises in status + beloved first love + groveling later on + possessive pursuit)
Wei Rong had once been the brightest, most charming young woman in the capital. After her family was destroyed overnight, she hid her identity and became a lowly maid in the Duke’s mansion, where anyone could mistreat her.
She kept to her place and thought only of saving money for her grandmother’s medicine, but somehow became a thorn in the side of the heir’s wife.
To survive, she decided to make the rumors come true and turned to seduce the lofty young heir, becoming his bedchamber maid...
Xie Zheng had always been cold-hearted and kept everyone at a distance. By a twist of fate, he spent one wild night with a maid.
From then on, he was consumed by her, falling deeper at every step.
Only later did he learn that all the love and admiration she had shown him were nothing but a means to an end, and even her name was false...
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Content warnings
1. The leads are not exclusive to each other. Both have other partners, and Wei Rong will have other men later on.
2. The heroine was Xie Zheng’s first love when he was young. A forced-love storyline will come later.
3. This is not a wish-fulfillment story. The heroine just wants to survive first, and think about everything else later.
4. Xie Zheng is arrogant in the beginning. In the middle and later parts, he’ll fall for himself on his own, becoming a lovesick puppy for love. P.S. “Why would she lie to anyone but me? She must love me!”
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