Cool, brooding powerful official x beautiful, obedient-seeming fallen concubine-born daughter
Rong Miao is the concubine-born daughter of a deputy prefect in Yingtian Prefecture. Her mother was of low birth and died soon after giving birth to her. Rong Miao grew up alone, never imagining that the prefect would scheme to send her to Su Mingce's bed.
Su Mingce is the nephew of Madam Rong. She has heard that he holds a very high office in the capital, so Rong Miao doesn't dare offend him and can only keep her head down and act submissively.
A man so lofty, so cold-hearted and indifferent, actually smiles tenderly at her and treats her with every possible kindness.
Rong Miao cautiously savors this affection until she discovers a portrait in the study. The woman in it looks seven-tenths like her, but she isn't Rong Miao. Only then does Rong Miao realize that she's merely a substitute.
Everyone in the capital says Su Mingce has loved a woman for many years. Surely the woman in the portrait is the one they mean. Who knows which noble family she belongs to?
Rong Miao is filled with sadness.
Su Mingce travels south on a case and passes through the Rong residence.
After years apart, the girl he's thought of every day has forgotten him completely. Worse still, she's been bullied and is living a pitiful life.
He takes her with him and cares for her attentively, giving her only the best food and belongings and never letting her endure another hardship. Just as the two of them are blissfully in love, the girl he holds dearest suddenly turns cold and stops paying him any attention.
*One-on-one, both leads are virgins, sweet everyday romance
Theme: Your love saved my life
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