Xu Cong is the heir to the Marquis of Yongping. By the age of twenty-four or twenty-five, he had become governor of Yizhou, wielding power across the southwest with a brilliant future ahead of him.
Raised among the estates of powerful clans, he had seen more than enough decadence and had always kept himself pure, never getting involved with women.
Yet, when he became governor of Yizhou, he never expected to fall for a slave girl.
The day he sailed into Shu, Shen Rongrong was serving aboard the boat. Xu Cong thought she was quite pretty and well-behaved, and figured that, alone in a strange land, it would be nice to keep her by his side as a servant.
The girl was indeed obedient and devoted to him, so he promised that once the mistress of the household arrived, he would make her a favored concubine.
Who could have guessed that one day Shen Rongrong would take the money and run away...
It turned out that all her obedience, gentleness, and tender affection had been an act.
When Xu Cong learned the truth, he crushed his teacup. Shards of porcelain pierced his flesh, yet he didn't feel any pain at all.
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Shen Rongrong was the illegitimate daughter of the governor of Huayang. Her father lost his position and his life after committing a crime, and her stepmother sold her as a slave to work on a boat. On her very first voyage, she met Xu Cong while serving him.
Her hope of saving up enough to buy her freedom had been dashed. Her mother had spent her entire life as a man's concubine outside the household, and Shen Rongrong didn't want to follow in her footsteps.
So she hid her feelings, put on an obedient front to lower Xu Cong's guard, and waited for a chance to escape.
When Xu Cong finally found her after an exhaustive search and rushed to greet her, full of joy, Shen Rongrong was actually discussing marriage with a commoner who sold steamed buns...
Notes: 1. Set in a fictional world. Forced possession, a groveling pursuit of his wife, and lots of melodrama. Both leads are sexually inexperienced.
2. This story was born from the author's love of melodrama. Updates whenever inspiration strikes.
Theme: Pursuing love freely.
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