After Being Forced to Become a Concubine by a Mad Minister

* Coercive romance | The powerful one bows down | Classic melodrama | One-on-one, both leads' first time

* Delicate, gentle, pure little bunny × possessive, big bad wolf

Shen Fuxue, daughter of Minister Shen, was as lovely as jade and ice, with enchanting peach-blossom eyes that stirred the hearts of countless young men from prominent families.

Her family had arranged for her to marry a gentle, modest man, the top scorer in the imperial examinations.

But on her wedding day, an imperial edict to arrest the entire family arrived.

Her family was imprisoned, and Shen Fuxue was sent to the government entertainment bureau.

Her peerless beauty became a curse that dragged her into the abyss.

On her first day receiving clients, snow drifted down from the sky as Shen Fuxue sat beside the bed, an empty, dispirited doll.

But the first to arrive was not one of the men coveting her beauty. It was Pei Yuanzhi, who should have been a thousand miles away.

Pei Yuanzhi stormed into the entertainment bureau, his eyes bloodshot, and sneered,

"You rejected me back then just to marry a weak, pedantic coward?"

"The Shen family fell into trouble. Why didn't he come save you?"

Pei Yuanzhi, Marquis of Wu'an, was devastatingly handsome, cold-hearted, ruthless, and vengeful.

Pei Yuanzhi said he had no feelings for her. He told her to forget her fiancé and stay by his side as a concubine, promising to let her go once he tired of her.

Shen Fuxue had no delusions. She was careful to keep to herself, hoping only that one day she could clear her name and regain her freedom.

Later, the Shen family's case was overturned.

She planned to escape to a remote place and live out the rest of her life in peace.

Before leaving, she even kindly arranged for Pei Yuanzhi's distant cousin to move into his household.

Who could have guessed that she would be surrounded before she had even traveled a hundred miles from the marquis's manor?

Pei Yuanzhi pinned her against the carriage wall, furious and convinced that he'd indulged her too much. He had to teach her a lesson.

That night...

With a thin veil over her eyes and her clothes half undone, Shen Fuxue struggled against the ribbons binding her wrists. In her panic, she fell into a scorching embrace.

"What did I teach you to say at a time like this?"

His calloused fingertips slipped beneath her collar and brushed her skin, making her shiver again and again.

Shen Fuxue bit her lip hard, a soft moan escaping between her teeth.

"Please... please show mercy, My Lord..."

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❄️ Reading Guide:

* Happy ending

* Set in an imaginary feudal dynasty, with extensive original worldbuilding

* Not a strong-female-lead story; the hero takes the heroine by force

Theme: Destined to be apart, yet insisting on being together