The Beauty's Charm

[The main story is complete. Coming up next: The Heir's Concubine Ran Away, The Mute Concubine, and Hidden Beauty.]

A stunning beauty has just arrived at the entertainment house in Jinling. With her delicate brows and bright teeth, and her slender, graceful waist, everyone wants a glimpse of her.

Rumor has it she's the eldest daughter of the Minister of Personnel's family, sent here after her family was convicted and stripped of its home.

Everyone is curious about what fate awaits her now.

Qingzhi never expected that the first time she received a guest, she would run into that man.

The man who had promised to spend his life with her, then betrayed her, and now commanded an army that had destroyed her family.

At the time, she was surrounded by enemies on the stage, but the man chose her to serve him. In the elegant room, fragrant with warm jade, she knelt before him as he lifted her chin with his fan handle.

Pointing to the pack of wolves waiting below, he asked her, “Will you come with me, or them?”

Prince Su, Xu Chengqing, is a peerless talent with countless military victories, yet he was born with a noble, forbidding air that keeps everyone at a distance. All the noble young ladies in the capital have tried in vain to win his favor.

No one ever imagined that he would take a courtesan from the entertainment house as his mistress.

People say this woman is bewitching. Only Xu Chengqing knows how he took advantage of her when she knelt before him, her skin white as snow and her long hair flowing like a waterfall.

Xu Chengqing never thought that one day he would turn into a beast for a woman.

He had assumed it was no more than a play of ruthless possession, but when she stubbornly left one day, Xu Chengqing finally learned what it meant to go mad.

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As time passed, one spring, when apricot blossoms were falling in the drizzle, the new emperor drew his empress close and tenderly shared a moment with her as they admired the flowers. How many people were left dumbfounded by the sight?

W-was this really Prince Su, the arrogant, cold man who never even looked at a woman properly?

He was clearly a lovesick fool under a love spell.

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Coming next: The Heir's Concubine Ran Away

In her previous life, A Li was orphaned and had no choice but to take refuge with relatives, scraping by in the marquis's residence.

Unfortunately, she had almond-shaped eyes, rosy cheeks, and a gaze like spring water, along with a slender waist and a soft voice. Her beauty could captivate anyone.

The marquis's residence was full of wolves circling their prey. Only the heir, Pei Cun, always wore a cold expression and carried himself with an untouchable, noble air.

A Li thought he hated her and avoided him every day, but someone schemed to make her his favored concubine.

But Pei Cun had no feelings for her. He never set foot in her room after that day, and when she miscarried and bled to death, no one was there to care for her.

As A Li's vengeful spirit was about to leave this world, she saw Pei Cun one last time and heard him say coolly to someone:

“My cousin? She's only the niece of a concubine.”

Reborn, A Li refuses to repeat her old mistakes and starts planning her escape.

She learns to act like a favored concubine, pleasing Pei Cun and flattering him, pretending to be gentle and magnanimous. In secret, she saves money and finds accomplices, then fakes her death and runs away while Pei Cun is out of the capital.

She thinks she's covered her tracks perfectly, but less than a year later, Pei Cun finds her.

By then, her belly is swollen with child and she's about to give birth. A refined gentleman is also at her side. Everyone thinks the two of them are a loving couple, but Pei Cun pushes through the crowd and whispers in her ear:

“Did you think I'd believe you?”

A Li looks at him and says calmly, “Heir... believe whatever you want.”

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Coming next: The Mute Concubine

Gu Ren is a noble young lady from Jiangnan. On her way back to her hometown with her family, she gets separated from them and falls into the hands of bandits.

Luckily, Crown Prince Xiao Yan is passing by to suppress the bandits. He saves her and protects her virtue.

The shock leaves Gu Ren unable to speak, and she can't remember where she came from. Xiao Yan takes her back to the Eastern Palace, where she becomes his nameless concubine.

Outsiders say that the Crown Prince went to Jiangnan and came back with a slender, naturally seductive woman, a lowborn concubine.

They say he keeps her by his side and pampers her like a treasure, never letting her leave his bed at night, because she bears some resemblance to the woman he has always loved.

But Gu Ren alone knows that Xiao Yan is cold by nature and strict about rank. Only in bed does he show the rarest trace of tenderness.

Gu Ren depends on him and asks for nothing else. She only wants to be an obedient substitute and live out her days in peace.

Unexpectedly, a year later, she falls pregnant, and a bowl of abortion medicine is brought to her.

Soon afterward, word spreads throughout the palace that the Crown Prince's favorite concubine miscarried and both she and the child died. From then on, the heir grows gaunt and increasingly cold.

Back at her family home in Jiangnan, Gu Ren hears the news and sneers. She won't believe a single word of that nonsense.

Two years later, Xiao Yan returns to Jiangnan to revisit the places he once knew. At a banquet held by the governor of Jiangnan, he sees once more the face that has haunted his dreams and occupied his thoughts.

This time, she is no longer a helpless, timid girl without family. She is as radiant as an immortal, her beauty seeming heaven-made.

Xiao Yan is overcome with emotion. He knocks over his wine cup and rushes toward her. “Where have you been, A Ren? I've been looking everywhere for you.”

Gu Ren simply bows with gentle grace and says softly, “Your Highness, you must have had too much to drink.”

Theme: Don't let marriage hold you back. Live a brilliant life