Hard to Quit

[Body Double] [The Scorned Lover's Revenge] [Possessive Love] [Powerful Man Bows His Head]

A fallen female doctor × the aloof Marquis of Zhenbei

Xiao Qian, the Marquis of Zhenbei, wielded enormous power at court and was ruthless and bloodthirsty, but he had one secret affliction.

At the welcome banquet, he wanted to kill Jiang Yueli, who had offered herself to him.

But instead, he said:

"I want this woman."

Jiang Yueli willingly offered her soft, warm body to soothe his violent fits.

Because this man was the one she loved.

In bed, he especially liked pinning her down roughly from behind.

He kissed the birthmark on her shoulder blade, making her tremble again and again.

When passion overwhelmed him, he bit the nape of her neck and murmured hoarsely, "A-Li, be good. Give me a child..."

She was willing to be the most obedient medicine for him.

Until the enemy nation sued for peace and a princess of Great Yan came to the capital to marry into the court.

Only then did Jiang Yueli understand that Xiao Qian also had someone he could never have.

That woman looked seven or eight parts like her, and had a similar scar on her shoulder blade.

At last, Jiang Yueli understood why, on those nights when they had been tangled together, he had held her by the waist and refused to look at her face. He preferred her from behind, probably because she wasn't even worthy of being a substitute. She had only benefited from having the same birthmark.

Before Xiao Qian's wedding, she decided to ask for permission to leave.

He nonchalantly read the military reports without looking up. "Don't be ridiculous. I'll promote you to a favored concubine one day."

Jiang Yueli refused. While he was away on a northern campaign, she set a blazing fire that burned the entire side courtyard of the Marquis's residence to the ground.

They say that when the Marquis of Zhenbei returned victorious from the north, he went mad.

He returned the Great Yan princess's marriage contract, drowned his sorrows in wine, and refused treatment when his affliction flared up, letting himself suffer until he vomited blood.

Like an obsessed madman, he searched the entire world for her.

Months later, under the pretext of "cleansing the court," Xiao Qian led an army of two hundred thousand cavalry and brazenly broke through the capital's gates.

On the day the city fell, the nobles of the capital trembled on the ground.

Yet a secluded courtyard at the end of a long street was under heavy guard.

Inside, Jiang Yueli was in labor.

Her husband stood before the door, eyes red, but the cavalry showed no mercy. They forced him to his knees in the mud, leaving him unable to move.

Xiao Qian looked down at the man.

Hearing the cries of pain from inside, he removed his bloodstained armor. Only when not a trace of blood remained on him did he open the door and step inside.

Ignoring the trembling midwives filling the room,

he walked to the bed, bent down, and stroked her pale, sweat-soaked face.

"A-Li, I'm back. You owe me a legitimate son."

Theme: A physician cannot heal himself.