The Brocade Guard's Ordeal

[Forced Love, Unhinged Male Lead] On the day Wen Luan was to marry, her husband’s family was implicated in a treason case. All the men in the family were thrown into prison. The presiding judge was Gao Sheng, the powerful and ruthless commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. No one in his hands ever came out alive. They said he was extremely lecherous. Her mother-in-law knelt and begged her to attend to Gao Sheng for one night. “The whole family will remember what you’ve done for us. When you return, you’ll still be the honored wife of the heir.” With dozens of frail women and children to think of, Wen Luan had no choice. Gao Sheng was meticulous, calm, and self-controlled. No person or circumstance had ever made him lose his composure. Except Wen Luan. That day, a fine drizzle fell as she walked across the bridge beneath her parasol, her graceful figure moving in delicate steps. When she lifted her eyes and smiled, all the colors of the world turned to dust. For the first time in his life, he gave in to desire. That night, the beauty let her long hair fall over her body, clad in thin, gauzy clothes. Fighting her embarrassment, she begged him to spare her husband’s family. Gao Sheng tightened his grip on the case file. “I’ll ask you one last time. Are you doing this of your own free will?” Thinking of her husband in prison, Wen Luan lowered her eyes. “Yes.” From then on, this luan bird could never again fly free of his grasp. Theme: If you have no choice but to accept fate’s cruel tricks, then you must work to change how things end.