A Serene Boudoir

In the sixth year of Yuanfeng, the entire Yu clan of Prince Yi was framed by treacherous ministers. Their titles were stripped, and they were demoted to commoners.

For a time, the family fell apart, with everyone scattering to the winds. The once renowned and exceptionally talented heir of the Yu family was sent to serve in the army, reduced to a life of hardship and bullied by others.

Three years later, the army annihilated the foreign invaders in a decisive victory. General Yu returned in triumph, and was named the Great General Who Guards the Nation. The treacherous minister who had destroyed General Yu's family was Xiao Che, the father of Xiao Heng.

At the victory banquet, the emperor asked General Yu what reward he wanted. Yu Heng bowed his head and remained unmoving for a long while, then slowly said, "I ask Your Majesty to arrange a marriage between me and the third young lady of the Xiao family."

Xiao Heng's fingers stiffened, and her face turned pale. The cold sweat on her body chilled her through as the wind blew.

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The heroine, Mo Wei, is twenty-eight. She has no house, no car, and has been single for years. She's dated a few ordinary men, but none of those relationships ended amicably. Though they left her with plenty of ugly memories of arguments and bitter breakups, she ultimately ended up a peaceful, unmarried woman past her prime. After graduating from an ordinary second-tier university, she failed her postgraduate entrance exam, then started an internship and got a job. She runs a little shop and lives with her mother, but faces daily pressure to get married.

Their failure to communicate or understand each other has become an insurmountable gulf between mother and daughter, and their life is a complete mess. By chance, she acquires a silver bracelet said to grant the wearer a chance to make up for their greatest regret. Perhaps she can repay her parents and start her life over.

That boy she met when she was young was probably just the product of her own wishful thinking, a foolish fantasy.

But if this is supposed to make up for her regrets, why does it come with fair skin and long legs? And if they agreed to keep their distance, why can't she get rid of him?

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