After the Substitute Marriage, I Got Pregnant with the White Moonlight's Baby

Main story complete! Please add my upcoming novel The Outcast and His Pride to your reading list QAQ. Its blurb is at the bottom. A sudden turn of events leaves Rong Qi, once the darling of the heavens, blind in both eyes. His severe illness resists treatment, and he grows ever more violent, gloomy, and sensitive. The Ning family can't bear to let their legitimate daughter suffer, so they marry off their concubine-born daughter, Ning Rushan, in her place. Because of her youthful unrequited love, Ning Rushan takes devoted care of him, but Rong Qi humiliates her at every turn. Her devotion never wins his acceptance. Even when he kisses her passionately in the dead of night, his gaze never falls on her. Ning Rushan stares at the portrait of Ning Shu riding a horse, treasured in his study. Her eyes redden, but without a trace of regret, she packs her things and leaves. Three years later, Ning Rushan stands on the upper floor of a tavern with her daughter. She looks down at the disheveled man standing in the rain. When he looks up at her, his dark eyes are vast as the night, the corners red: Will you come home with me? Three years earlier The night is cool and still. Ning Rushan brings medicine into the room, but Rong Qi knocks it over, scalding the back of her hand. "You can't even imitate your sister." His misty eyes are savage and unrestrained. Three years later After a serious illness, Rong Qi stands humbly at the doorway, pleading: "Please, come see me. Will you?" A gentle, resilient, clever heroine x a gloomy, violent, sharp-tongued hero -- & -- Sent into the palace as a concubine-born daughter of the Ming family, Ming Chenzhou is tripped up at every turn on the day she arrives. Her bridal carriage is stopped outside the palace gates, but no one dares offend the imperial noble consort, whose favor is unmatched. As everyone frets in dismay, a riding crop enters her field of vision. At the same time, a sneer sounds in her ear: "If you can't enter through the East or West Hua Gate, then go through the Meridian Gate." Ming Chenzhou turns her head, but can only see a sliver of icy-white chin. She twists her handkerchief for a long while, and a bold idea begins to take shape in her mind. She needs someone powerful to protect her. Even if he's cruel and obsessive, even if his reputation is in tatters. Even if he's a eunuch. On the day the young emperor ascends the throne, Ming Chenzhou accidentally wanders into that cold bathing chamber while searching for a way out. "Your Highness certainly has an unusual way of offering herself to my bed." The young Chief Eunuch looks up and asks carelessly. Ming Chenzhou doesn't retreat. Instead, she smiles brightly and lifts a damp lock of hair from his shoulder. "Does the Chief Eunuch like it?" Xie Bingchun, Chief Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial, is like jade among the stones and emerald pines among the trees, unmatched in beauty. Unfortunately, he will stop at nothing to eliminate his rivals, and his reputation is in tatters, a shame given his handsome face. In this life, his only trace of warmth falls upon Ming Chenzhou. She sees him as a protector, someone to rely on, not a filthy lackey or a cold-blooded, vile beast. He cradles this bright, pure moon in his hands, escorting her step by step up the highest white-jade stairs of the imperial court. "I'll put you in a position of power, where no one will ever bully you again." Scene One: On the day the new emperor takes power Ming Chenzhou steps aside after achieving her goal, sitting in a peach tree and chatting with her cousin. "Is Your Highness looking for a new lover?" The Chief Eunuch, second only to the emperor, slips into her bedchamber at night, gripping her snow-white ankle as he presses her back step by step. The young empress dowager, dressed in sheer gauze, is alluring and graceful. She furrows her brow slightly. "We're just using each other. Why are you so obsessive, Chief Eunuch?" A truly vile and ruthless eunuch x a power-hungry, lotus-like young empress dowager Please add my current work The Outcast and His Pride to your reading list TAT Completed novels: I Suspect the Crown Prince Is a Cat The Fake Heiress Picks Up a Man in Women's Clothing Chang'an's Number One Green Tea After the Substitute Marriage, I Had the Child of My White Moonlight QAQ Upcoming novels: The Empress's Blessing, My Disciple Is a Drama Queen UQU Theme: Stand on your own, and love what you love