A maid troubled by her beauty × a frail young lord with a calculating mind
Li Yu'er is a maid in the residence of the heir to the Ningyuan Marquis. Though lowborn, she is breathtakingly beautiful, with a bewitching, graceful charm.
Everyone says she was born to become a concubine!
If Li Yu'er hadn't been so determined to return to her hometown once she came of age, she might have believed their nonsense.
But as her beauty only grew more striking, the second young master wanted to take her as a concubine, the third young master wanted to marry her, and even the eldest young lady's husband wanted to keep her as his mistress.
Terrified, Li Yu'er decided that the frail and aloof heir was the only one who wouldn't have any ideas about her.
Until one day, she caught him holding the handkerchief she had dropped, breathing in its scent with rapt fascination. Li Yu'er's legs nearly gave way in fright.
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After discovering the truth, Li Yu'er panicked. She decided to act first and turned the heir down three times.
The first time, she sneaked back her handkerchief. Nothing happened.
The second time, she volunteered to help in the small kitchen. Nothing happened.
The third time, she helped Miss Lin, who was fond of the heir, get closer to him. Still, nothing happened.
Li Yu'er breathed a sigh of relief, certain that the heir had given up on the idea.
Until she agreed, right in front of him, to return to her hometown and marry someone, just as her mother had asked.
Late that night, Shen Ye pushed open her door with a dark expression.
Little extra:
The servants noticed that ever since the heir took a concubine, he needed fewer candied fruits to wash down his medicine.
But one thing was strange.
Every time he finished his medicine, Concubine Yu would emerge from his room with flushed cheeks and lips so swollen they were almost painfully red.
1. A maid who refuses to be trapped in the inner courtyard × a frail young lord with a slightly possessive streak
2. A sweet romance. The heroine is soft and charming but has her own personality; the hero is powerful and calculating.
3. This is a fictional setting. Please don't overthink the details.
4. Both virgins, one-on-one romance, happy ending.
[Synopsis screenshotted on 2020.06.19]
Theme: Don't fear hardship. Keep being yourself, and you'll surely find what you're looking for!
