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Ye Ling was bought by a brothel madam as a child and carefully raised for more than a decade as a Yangzhou courtesan, all so she could be sold for a high price.
Ye Ling lived up to the madam's expectations. On the day she came of age, the Marquis of Yongning bought her for a thousand taels of silver.
She heeded the madam's earnest advice and learned countless ways to survive in a wealthy household, then set off full of confidence to become the Marquis of Yongning's concubine.
But on the day she was to be taken in, bandits attacked the Marquis's residence and slaughtered dozens of people throughout the household.
As one of the bandits approached her with his sword pointed at her, Xie Yu, the eldest son of the Marquis of Yongning, who had been away from home for years, burst through the door.
Ye Ling never expected that he would spare her life.
Xie Yu became the new Marquis of Yongning. As the late marquis's newly acquired concubine, Ye Ling became an unusual presence in the household.
The tricks she'd spent more than a decade learning went unused, and she settled into a quiet retirement, chanting scriptures in the ancestral hall.
Then, on a stormy night filled with thunder and lightning, Ye Ling, kneeling on her prayer mat, was startled by the sound of the door opening.
Xie Yu, the new Marquis of Yongning, who had kept his distance from her, was drenched as he advanced step by step, backing her into a corner.
Ye Ling sensed the beastlike danger radiating from him and reminded him, “My lord, I was your father's concubine. You should call me Auntie.”
Xie Yu was unmoved. His strong arms held her captive.
“Auntie, my father is already dead.”
Theme: Love can overcome anything.
