Rong Heng is the chief minister of the current dynasty. He holds immense power, his influence reaching throughout the court, and even the emperor owes his throne to him.
Yet he is still under thirty, with a handsome, refined face and the bearing of an orchid tree.
To Hongqing, Rong Heng was once the bright moon in the sky, the snow atop a mountain: pure and flawless, yet beyond her reach.
She was, in the eyes of the world, a wanton, bewitching, lowborn and filthy woman of the pleasure quarters. She also had another identity she had to keep hidden.
She never dared hope that she could have this man, but he told her he loved her.
Hongqing believed him. She believed every sweet word and solemn vow he made, weathered every obstacle for him, and gave him her complete loyalty.
Until he decided to marry the daughter of the Duke of Wei.
Only then did she finally see the truth: his love was false, and he had only ever treated her as a pawn.
From then on,
Let us never think of each other again. Let our love end here.
*
Hongqing was a fool. She was only a pawn, and his devotion was all an act. Rong Heng had always believed this.
He wanted nothing but the pinnacle of power. To him, women were either useless or useful.
And when Hongqing was no longer useful to him, he decided to get rid of her.
Little did he know, after acting so devoted for so long, he had become a character in his own play.
Cold, ascetic chief minister x beautiful, glamorous courtesan and assassin
Reader's notes:
* The male lead is ruthless. The female lead is no pushover either.
* Later on, the male lead gets put through the wringer, body and heart alike.
* HE
* This story is set in an alternate world. No need to nitpick the details.
* Weibo: @Jinjiang A Cuo
Cover art by [Ru Meng Ling - Shanhu]
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Synopsis of The General and the Widow:
Langu is the prettiest woman in the village, fair-skinned and shapely. Unfortunately, she's a widow, and she has a child in tow. The village bachelors secretly covet her and like to loiter outside her door.
They say a widow's doorstep is always rife with gossip. Though Langu keeps herself chaste, people still wag their tongues, accusing her of being shameless and taking lovers. She feels terribly wronged.
On the day she visits her late husband's grave for the Qingming Festival, Langu finds an injured man lying unconscious. Out of kindness, she takes him home and saves him. Now the whole village is gossiping about her behind her back even more than before.
Langu feels even more wronged. To avoid being slandered for no reason, she decides she might as well keep this man and make him her son's new father!
From then on, she showers him with flirtatious glances and endless attentions.
*
Huo Yu is a young general of the Northern Kingdom, famed for his many victories. But his beloved and his trusted aide conspire to betray him, nearly costing him his life, before a country widow saves him.
He hasn't yet reached adulthood, but he's already mature and composed. Still, there's some youthful arrogance in his heart. Though he's unfailingly polite and tactfully turns down the widow who has her eye on him, he can't help looking down on her inside. How could a widow who has already been married and has a child ever be worthy of him?
But a young man's passions run hot, and the widow is full of charm. Sharing a room day and night, it's only natural for them to fall for each other.
At first, Huo Yu plans to treat it as a fleeting affair. Once he returns to the capital, he and the woman will go their separate ways. After all, he can't marry a widow who has already been married and had a child. Even taking her as a concubine would be utterly preposterous.
But what he never expects is that the first one to suggest they part ways is the woman herself, and she gives just two reasons:
I thought you were an ordinary man. I didn't know you were a great general. I, a common woman, am not worthy of you.
I thought you were in your twenties, but I didn't realize you were so young. I'm sorry. This old cow tried to eat young grass.
Then she tells him they shouldn't see each other again.
At that moment, for some reason, he feels an indescribable sense of grievance.
Theme: Women must be independent and strong to build a wonderful life.
My family ran away. I really started to be a little interested in the relationship between the characters. After reading it all night, I was speechless. The plot became more and more psychedelic (just like the beginning, middle and end of the thousands-of-chapter novel seven or eight years ago). Not only did it not give me any pleasure, but it tortured me to the point where I couldn't go up, go down, or torture, or sweet.
I brought my daughter-in-law back, hahaha
The longer you read, the harder it becomes to find a good book. This book is really good to read, and the questions are very unique. It would have been nice to have more stories about them being together later, and it would have been nice to have a story about the past life.
When will the author update? ! ! I miss you so much!
Ahhhhh, why can't I see it?
The ending feels like a hasty ending. I don't know if the author was influenced by the previous comments. The update time is also very random. I started high and left low.
Hahahaha, I'm still looking forward to the extra story. Hongqing and Rongheng have a child.
Very good, it was an ending that I didn't like. I didn't understand what the author was thinking. I skipped reading. I almost know the plot. It was weird that the heroine committed herself to the emperor for three years (ok, it's still reasonable). Killing the emperor, okay, that's it. Forget it, the hero was raped. I won't say it. It had been changed when I read it, but some of the later parts The words still remind me that the author has always written like this. Ah west, I really can't read it in one breath after reading it. It is also the author's second book. Obviously, the ending is not satisfactory. I have read many romances and love-making crematoriums, but they are not well written and feel like they are broken. I can't help but think, maybe it is difficult to write well in this kind of subject matter.
It is impossible to say that this article has no merits. After all, I have almost finished reading it. The narrative is smooth, except for some plots (the last article I read by the author also had the male and female protagonists falling off a cliff as a turning point in their relationship. I feel that this contradiction is used very conveniently, haha). The male protagonist is actually pretty good, but a bit silly. To be honest, the female protagonist is too difficult. Each of the three men said they love her, but they hurt her first and then fell in love. But in fact, I can't understand why they fell in love with her. The female protagonist (I just don't understand the reason why they fell in love), in fact, the one who influenced me the most is Qin Yue (maybe because I have a deeper understanding of the three dimensions and have more empathy for this type of NPC characters) (Hey, he is not even a tool person, at best He is a cannon fodder. Hey, I felt that he liked the heroine very much in his second appearance. I even guessed that the heroine could spend a happy time with him. After all, the NPC is really a happy puppy haha). Emmm, getting back to the topic, I feel that there is not much dialogue in the whole article.
My favorite two scenes are when the hero and heroine fall off a cliff (but the heroine is very miserable, poisoned, eh, thanks to the hero, it's also the dead emperor's fault, eh) and when the heroine is unconscious (very heartwarming, but the only heartwarming part is when the heroine is unconscious, In fact, I felt that the male protagonist was really a fucking idiot. When he realized that he fell in love with the female protagonist, he even thought of getting married to Yan Shi. I laughed. It was the first time I saw such a male protagonist. A dog, a real dog, deserved it. The two paragraphs (the text is zero sweet) were very interesting. . .
Emmm, in fact, I feel that the heroine never had a comfortable life from the beginning to the end of this story. She felt so tired. The male protagonist also had a miserable life in the middle and later stages, emmm, but poor people must be hateful.
I hate the NPC the most. There are too few descriptions. I feel like a little sun. To be honest, the heroine is also a warm and energetic person. They, oh forget it, let's leave it like that. The male protagonist. In fact, I felt that the male and female protagonists did not have a strong cp feeling at the end. The heroine's intelligence is really emmm (maybe because I didn't read the whole story, I feel that she is really simple, always limited by others, and will not fool people's hearts)
Stop talking and go to sleep
I feel dizzy after watching this. I really feel that the male protagonist is so miserable. I hope that the male protagonist is unique and beautiful.
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The First Wife
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My family ran away. I really started to be a little interested in the relationship between the characters. After reading it all night, I was speechless. The plot became more and more psychedelic (just like the beginning, middle and end of the thousands-of-chapter novel seven or eight years ago). Not only did it not give me any pleasure, but it tortured me to the point where I couldn't go up, go down, or torture, or sweet.
I brought my daughter-in-law back, hahaha
The longer you read, the harder it becomes to find a good book. This book is really good to read, and the questions are very unique. It would have been nice to have more stories about them being together later, and it would have been nice to have a story about the past life.
When will the author update? ! ! I miss you so much!
Ahhhhh, why can't I see it?
The ending feels like a hasty ending. I don't know if the author was influenced by the previous comments. The update time is also very random. I started high and left low.
Hahahaha, I'm still looking forward to the extra story. Hongqing and Rongheng have a child.
Very good, it was an ending that I didn't like. I didn't understand what the author was thinking. I skipped reading. I almost know the plot. It was weird that the heroine committed herself to the emperor for three years (ok, it's still reasonable). Killing the emperor, okay, that's it. Forget it, the hero was raped. I won't say it. It had been changed when I read it, but some of the later parts The words still remind me that the author has always written like this. Ah west, I really can't read it in one breath after reading it. It is also the author's second book. Obviously, the ending is not satisfactory. I have read many romances and love-making crematoriums, but they are not well written and feel like they are broken. I can't help but think, maybe it is difficult to write well in this kind of subject matter. It is impossible to say that this article has no merits. After all, I have almost finished reading it. The narrative is smooth, except for some plots (the last article I read by the author also had the male and female protagonists falling off a cliff as a turning point in their relationship. I feel that this contradiction is used very conveniently, haha). The male protagonist is actually pretty good, but a bit silly. To be honest, the female protagonist is too difficult. Each of the three men said they love her, but they hurt her first and then fell in love. But in fact, I can't understand why they fell in love with her. The female protagonist (I just don't understand the reason why they fell in love), in fact, the one who influenced me the most is Qin Yue (maybe because I have a deeper understanding of the three dimensions and have more empathy for this type of NPC characters) (Hey, he is not even a tool person, at best He is a cannon fodder. Hey, I felt that he liked the heroine very much in his second appearance. I even guessed that the heroine could spend a happy time with him. After all, the NPC is really a happy puppy haha). Emmm, getting back to the topic, I feel that there is not much dialogue in the whole article. My favorite two scenes are when the hero and heroine fall off a cliff (but the heroine is very miserable, poisoned, eh, thanks to the hero, it's also the dead emperor's fault, eh) and when the heroine is unconscious (very heartwarming, but the only heartwarming part is when the heroine is unconscious, In fact, I felt that the male protagonist was really a fucking idiot. When he realized that he fell in love with the female protagonist, he even thought of getting married to Yan Shi. I laughed. It was the first time I saw such a male protagonist. A dog, a real dog, deserved it. The two paragraphs (the text is zero sweet) were very interesting. . . Emmm, in fact, I feel that the heroine never had a comfortable life from the beginning to the end of this story. She felt so tired. The male protagonist also had a miserable life in the middle and later stages, emmm, but poor people must be hateful. I hate the NPC the most. There are too few descriptions. I feel like a little sun. To be honest, the heroine is also a warm and energetic person. They, oh forget it, let's leave it like that. The male protagonist. In fact, I felt that the male and female protagonists did not have a strong cp feeling at the end. The heroine's intelligence is really emmm (maybe because I didn't read the whole story, I feel that she is really simple, always limited by others, and will not fool people's hearts) Stop talking and go to sleep
I feel dizzy after watching this. I really feel that the male protagonist is so miserable. I hope that the male protagonist is unique and beautiful.
Wow wow wow so sexy! ! !