After the Concubine's Backup Plan Eloped

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With all the dust settled, the late emperor's sixth son, Prince Guangling, ascended the throne and made a daughter of the Su family his empress. He seemed intent on abolishing the imperial harem, leaving the whole realm in an uproar.

Unfortunately, Jiang Man'er was no daughter of the Su family, and Xu Yunshu was no Prince Guangling.

On the contrary, winners became kings and losers became outcasts. Calling them dogs who had lost their masters would be no exaggeration.

As far as Xu Yunshu was concerned, Jiang Man'er knew perfectly well she was only his concubine. She couldn't let herself get too deeply involved. She just had to do her job and collect her silver.

But after the Battle of Wanxi, everyone believed the outcome was settled and that the heir, Xu Yunshu, would never recover. Yet Jiang Man'er's heart, once as still as a pool of stagnant water, was suddenly stirred when she saw Xu Yunshu kneeling on the ground, several bloodstains on his face. She realized that the courtesan she had once overheard calling him the most handsome fair-faced gentleman in the Great Liang Empire had not been exaggerating.

Xu Yunshu had always known that Jiang Man'er was a young woman whose eyes lit up at the sight of silver. He had assumed that, now that his fortunes had crumbled, she would go serve a new master. But why was this young woman staring at his still-injured face and swallowing nervously?

Besides, lately he had been quiet and withdrawn, while she was cheerful all day long. Fine. If that's how it was, he would keep up the act for now and see what sort of mischief Jiang Man'er was planning!

A key, a token.

The Song residence on Beifeng Road had lost a young woman recently bought from a theater troupe.

A "lady of the house" had appeared in the small villa on the southwest corner of the deputy commander's residence in Jincheng.

Bai Jingsheng thought Ning Yue was

The woman most skilled at saying one thing to people and another to ghosts.

In everyone else's eyes, she was always gentle and virtuous, a woman who inspired pity.

Only he knew what she was really like!

* The female lead is a little scheming.

* An alternate-history Republic of China setting.

* A sweet romance.

Theme: Even when you can no longer know, you can still act