The Enchanting Concubine

[Blurb]

Qin Yumian was the most dazzling and beautiful concubine-born daughter in Yingtian Prefecture, and the biggest thorn in her stepmother Madam Yu's side. It wasn't until Old Madam Wu of Yingtian Prefecture took a liking to Yumian and wanted to marry her into the Duke of Wu's household that Madam Yu's attitude toward her finally improved a little.

On the day her stepmother forced her to marry, she met for the first time a man in white as pristine as snow, so handsome and elegant that he seemed beyond compare. He was captivated by the crabapple tree spilling over the low wall of her home.

Yumian gazed intently at the man before her, so dignified and noble, with a faint smile playing on his lips. Inwardly, she thought that rather than be forced by her stepmother to marry the heir of the Duke of Wu, who was already wed, she might as well secretly make her escape with this handsome man and leave Yingtian Prefecture for good.

With that thought, Yumian walked slowly over to the low wall. Lowering her bright, almond-shaped eyes, she delicately lifted the trailing crabapple blossoms with her fan, then opened it to reveal a love poem whose meaning was unmistakable...

Zhao Heng lowered his eyes to the passionate poem and couldn't help frowning deeply.

The woman before him was graceful and slender, vivid and alluring. What a pity she behaved with such shameless abandon.

[Little Bonus Scene]

After marriage:

Yumian rubbed her temples. "If I'd married the heir of the Duke of Wu back then, that might not have been so bad... He's handsome and distinguished, unlike Your Highness, who calls me shameless and..."

Before she could finish, her lips were sealed with a kiss, and suddenly her feet left the ground.

Yumian smiled and tilted up the man's chin. "So tell me, who is shameless now?"

Zhao Heng: ...

[Note left on January 27, 2020]

Theme: Daring to live a life others don't, and refusing to settle for less in this world