The Maid Only Wants the Marquis's Heart's Blood

#You treated me as a plaything, so I treated you as a medicinal ingredient# (No suffering for the female lead, feel-good story) #The Marquis is not the male lead, both leads are each other's first, the Marquis gets his ashes scattered in the cremation-ground arc#

Ye Chan, a gentle and sweet little chamber maid, was the first woman Marquis Lu Xiu of Pingchang brought into his bedchamber.

Everyone in the marquis's household praised her for being considerate and attentive, and for loving Lu Xiu with all her heart.

When Lu Xiu spent the night at Zui Xiang House, Ye Chan took silver with her and went after him, ready to make use of him as soon as he was done.

When Lu Xiu wrote poems on slips of paper atop the Wild Goose Pagoda and scattered them to the wind, young women fought over them, making him the talk of the town. Every word on those slips had been written by Ye Chan.

When Lu Xiu decided to marry the Minister of Revenue's legitimate daughter, the token of affection he gave his betrothed was sewn by Ye Chan herself, after he asked for her opinion.

No one doubted Ye Chan's devotion to Lu Xiu. Soft-hearted, Lu Xiu thought that once he had a legitimate son, he would give her a child too.

Who could have known that the little chamber maid would suddenly take gravely ill and become bedridden? A renowned physician came to see her and said there was only one medicine that could save her.

Lu Xiu's heart's blood.

It was only when Ye Chan lay at death's door that Lu Xiu realized he could not bear to lose her.

He took an anesthetic, drew his heart's blood, and, despite his extreme weakness, forced himself to go see her. But he found Ye Chan full of life, without a trace of illness, holding a man in her arms and feeding him Lu Xiu's heart's blood, drop by drop.

Only then did Lu Xiu realize that Ye Chan looked at him with such joy because he was the medicinal ingredient that could save the man she loved.

Ye Chan cared for him so attentively because she was afraid he would wear himself out and compromise the medicine's effectiveness.

Ye Chan had taken a sword for him so she could earn his promise: "If you are ever in trouble, I will risk my life for you."

"Lu Xiu, what did you take me for?"

"A tool for satisfying my desires, that's all." Lu Xiu had once said with a cruel laugh, just to make her cry.

"Ye Chan, what did you take me for?"

"A medicinal ingredient, that's all."

Thanks to the amazing Qiong Shen for the gorgeous cover, @Zi Qiong. Her art is wonderful, and her writing is every bit as wonderful. Strongly recommended.

Theme: Those who toy with other people's feelings will eventually have their own feelings toyed with.