The Maid Ran Away, and the Powerful Minister Regrets It Too Late

A powerful man lowering his head + competing men + a woman's coming-of-age story + intense, tantalizing romantic tension

When Ji Qingluo was ten, she was sold into the Su residence as a servant. For the next ten years, her greatest wish was to buy her freedom, leave the household, and regain her status as a free citizen. But because of her beauty, she became the personal maid of the eldest young master, Su Yunzhou.

Ji Qingluo: Don't worry. He's famous for having no interest in women, after all.

But once she got to know him, she discovered that the so-called aloof, pure-hearted man was refined and distant by day, yet in the privacy of night, he could be astonishingly clingy.

He was clearly a wolf who'd been starving for years!

But in Ji Qingluo's eyes, the sky beyond the residence was bluer, and the flowers smelled sweeter.

She had no desire to be anyone's concubine. She wanted to be an eagle soaring through the heavens!

At last she escaped the residence. And, huh? The men outside were pretty appealing too~

At just twenty-two, Su Yunzhou was already the powerful Minister of Revenue. He dismissed everyone who urged him to marry or take concubines.

A man should make his mark at court. How could he let a mere woman distract him from his duties? Yet he never expected to fall for one.

At first, he kept her imprisoned by his side, treating her like a plaything to ease his loneliness, while she thought of nothing but escape.

Later, he begged her to stay, cherishing and protecting her as if she were priceless, yet she still wanted to run.

Su Yunzhou ground his teeth in frustration and tightened his grip around her waist. "You won't get away from me in this lifetime!"

She ran, he chased, and she'd fly away even if she had to grow wings.

The aloof beauty descends from her pedestal, and the cold, powerful minister falls head over heels.

An Xianzhi: "She's mine, mine, mine!!

I'll fight for her! I'll fight for her! And I'll keep fighting for her!!!"