The Soft, Sinful Slave Girl, and the Cold-Blooded Powerbroker Who Wants Her Close

[Possessive Pursuit] [Scheming Heroine] [Powerful Man Bows to Love] [Both Leads Are Each Other's Only One]

Shen Qingtan was once the daughter of a prestigious family renowned throughout the capital, and the beloved pupil of the emperor. Then her family was wiped out, her title stripped away, and she became the lowest-ranked criminal slave in the Entertainment Bureau. He was Pei Yi, the Prince of Jing, a powerful noble of a different surname who commanded a vast army and held sway over the court. Cold-hearted and ruthless, he had risen to power over countless corpses and personally led the raid that destroyed the Shen family. She came from the mire; he stood above the clouds. They should have been sworn enemies until death. To clear her family's name and save her little brother, she investigated the truth of what happened back then, but had no choice but to use herself as a bargaining chip. Taking the name An Sheng, she inched her way toward the man-eating wolf.

With vengeance for her country and her family at stake, every step was fraught with danger. She painstakingly disguised herself as sweet and docile, treading carefully through the perilous Prince of Jing's manor. He knew she was a poisoned blade, yet with every contest of schemes and every test of wills, he fell uncontrollably for the stubbornness in her eyes. In a world bound by strict codes of propriety, the two plunged into a forbidden relationship from which neither could escape alive.

On a stormy night, with candlelight flickering, he pinned her against a carved sandalwood screen. His bloodstained fingers brushed her trembling red lips. Pei Yi's eyes were bloodshot, his voice so hoarse it nearly broke.

"Shen Qingtan, even if your heart is made of stone, I should have warmed it by now. Want my life? Take it. But you'll never escape my grasp in this lifetime!"

"Please, be gentle with me. Don't leave me."