Synopsis
Feng Xunqiao is a maid in the Yongning Marquis's residence. Fortunately, the First Madam is kind and generous, so Xunqiao gets to slack off every day. Alas, the good times don't last.
Rumors are swirling across the capital that the marquis's third son and the Crown Prince are romantically involved. The noble young ladies are all avoiding marriage ties with the marquis's household.
The First Madam fretted. "As his mother, I have to plan ahead. Sanlang will still need to marry one day, and things can't go on like this. We need to find a maid to attend to him. Who's willing?"
Pei Suzhi is the legitimate son of the Yongning Marquis, the Crown Prince's companion, handsome and elegant, accomplished in both letters and arms, and strict with himself and respectful of propriety.
He's perfect in every way, except that he has no interest in women.
Everyone knows the Crown Prince has his eye on Young Master Pei. Who would dare try to steal a bite of that forbidden fruit?
The maids exchanged glances and backed away, leaving the distracted Feng Xunqiao standing right where she was.
The Madam was delighted to see her volunteer, so she sent her to the Third Young Master's bedchamber.
From then on, she had a formidable new mission.
To make the Third Young Master straight.
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Pei Suzhi had been troubled lately.
The little maid in his room kept climbing into his bed in the middle of the night. He wanted to send her away.
But she clung to him like a sticky rice cake, impossible to shake off. Every other moment, she would say things like, "If Sanlang abandons her, she won't be able to go on living."
He knew what his mother was trying to do. And when he saw the little maid weeping prettily, he couldn't refuse, so he let her stay.
He had always looked down on such things, thinking that chasing pleasure and losing oneself in beauty were the ways of an aimless wastrel. But as time went by, with a warm, soft beauty in his arms, his modest gentlemanly bearing crumbled beneath her pomegranate-red skirt.
Just as Pei Suzhi's reputation began to improve, talk of his marriage started.
Yesterday he met the Earl's daughter; today he was introduced to the Minister's daughter.
When he finally overruled everyone, kept all others at arm's length, and risked offending the old marquis just to make her his lawful wife...
By an unfortunate twist of fate,
Feng Xunqiao ran away without a second thought.
Before leaving, she even wrote him a lengthy letter reporting on her work, several thousand words long and deeply moving.
It turned out that, in her eyes, he was only her employer.
Pei Suzhi woke from dreams in the middle of the night, grinding his teeth in anger.
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When he met her again, she was the second-in-command of the Caobang, and rumor had it she was involved with the gang leader's wife.
Pei Suzhi was struck as if by lightning. No wonder she hadn't liked him: she liked pretty women.
He inherited the title and was supposed to investigate a case for His Majesty,
but he had no time for anything else now. His top priority was to make his fiancee straight.
By day, their eyes met in the crowd.
She slunk away furtively.
That night, Feng Xunqiao woke from her sleep to find a "pretty lady" on her bed. Pretty or not, she had broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and incredible strength.
Xunqiao tried to escape, but her arms and legs were pinned down. The woman clung to her like a ghost.
There was Pei Suzhi, dressed as a woman, smiling sweetly.
"How about letting me serve the second-in-command for a change?"
[Reader's Guide] (saved on July 5, 2026)
1. Kinks, melodrama, slice of life. Readers with strict moral standards, please be advised.
2. Not a strong female lead. The heroine prioritizes survival, so she sleeps with him before falling in love (if that's not your thing, don't read). The male lead wins himself over and takes her by force.
3. Slice of life. Monogamous in both body and heart. Two-year age gap.
4. The male lead is strictly heterosexual, and so is the Crown Prince. It's all a misunderstanding, all of it.
5. A contented, money-loving, flirtatious, sweet-looking girl VS an abstinent, sharp-tongued yet soft-hearted, aloof beauty who goes mad with love later on
6. She runs, he chases, she can't escape.
Theme: Be content with what you have
