The Beauty and the Horse Slave

[Preorder: After Leaving My Ex-Husband] [Blurb for this completed story] Blurb: Yu Jiao had a dream that showed her the future. In the dream, the Yu family was framed. Overnight, their fortune was seized by others, and her father was imprisoned. Desperate to save him, she was forced to become the mistress of the scoundrel responsible. Later, the Prince of Huainan appeared in Huaizhou. Wanting to curry favor with the powerful, that scoundrel handed Yu Jiao over to the prince. But who could have guessed that the Prince of Huainan had once been a stable hand in the Yu household? Yu Jiao jolted awake from her dream to find herself holding a blood-soaked whip. A muscular man stood before her, his skin flayed and bleeding from her blows. And this man seemed to be the future Prince of Huainan... Yu Jiao: "..." Is it too late to apologize? To mend their relationship, the young lady sneaked into the stable in the dead of night. She was just about to undo the stable hand's clothes to check his injuries. But the stable hand suddenly opened his eyes. Recognizing her, he said in a low voice, "If Miss wants me, she only has to say so." The trembling young lady: "...I don't, I don't..." The stable hand's gaze grew colder. The young lady lost her nerve and immediately changed her answer. "I... do." Preorder: After Leaving My Ex-Husband Blurb: Ruan Shu had kept a secret for a year. Before she was brought back to the General's Residence, she had been married. Two years ago, when she was still called Xia Yu, the grandfather who had adopted her bought a man at the market to be her husband. After her grandfather died, they lived as husband and wife for half a year. The man was like a block of ice that could never be warmed. So when her birth mother, the General's wife, came looking for her, she chose to leave behind a divorce letter, the deed to the house, and some money, then followed her mother to the capital. When they met again, he had become a Commander of the Imperial Guard. Though Ruan Shu was now a general's daughter, she still couldn't help trembling, afraid he would expose what had happened between them back then. Fortunately, the man didn't let the matter slip. But later, she was implicated in a murder case and thrown into the Imperial Prison. The man took her alone to a small cell, pinned her in a corner, and said in a cold, grim voice that they needed to have a proper chat about old times. Afraid for her life, Ruan Shu could only tremble as she tried to placate and coax him. Qin Mo was a death warrior raised by the imperial family. While disguised as the Crown Prince, who was being hunted, he was gravely wounded. By the time he regained consciousness, he had become a slave being auctioned at the market. After an old man bought him, he even promised his beautiful granddaughter to him as a wife. Looking at the timid young girl, Qin Mo decided to stay and live an ordinary life. But he never expected this woman to abandon him for wealth and status! Theme: Even when the road ahead is covered in thorns, stay positive and overcome every difficulty.