Prisoner of the Sinister Imperial Preceptor

When they were young, Zhao Lian was a princess of the Qu Dynasty, while Chaosimu was a slave taken in off the streets.

They spent every day together. Yet the kindhearted princess did something completely unexpected: at a banquet, she personally gouged out Chaosimu's eyes, then threw her into the mountains to fend for herself.

After years of war, Zhao Lian became a prisoner of war, while Chaosimu became a powerful imperial preceptor in an enemy nation.

When they met again, Zhao Lian was Chaosimu's prisoner.

Later, Zhao Lian was drugged blind and her mind clouded. In a daze, she saw Chaosimu smiling at her, gently touching her wounds and feeding her medicine.

After a long while, tears slipped from Zhao Lian's sightless eyes. She murmured Chaosimu's name, as if she had suffered an endless injustice but couldn't bring herself to say it.

Chaosimu felt oppressed by it all. She turned and left Zhao Lian in the dungeon, just as she had once been left behind.

Another year of war passed. From someone she knew in the past, Chaosimu learned that if Zhao Lian hadn't gouged out her eyes and driven her from the imperial palace, she would have been used as a human sacrifice, bled to death atop the city walls.

The long-buried truth surfaced. Chaosimu felt as if a boulder were pressing down on her, leaving her unable to breathe. She then began searching frantically for Zhao Lian, but couldn't find the slightest trace of her.

Chaosimu thought she would spend the rest of her life in regret. Then, one winter, she met Zhao Lian again.

When they reunited, Zhao Lian was no longer the little princess whose eyes held nothing but love for her, nor the pitiful drugged woman who always looked at her with wounded eyes. All that greeted her now was wariness and disgust.

Sickly princess, bottom x unhinged imperial preceptor, top

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Shen Qing was with Xiao Ning for seven years, lowering herself as much as she could and carefully trying to win Xiao Ning's affection, but Xiao Ning never gave her a second glance.

After surviving the seven-year itch, Shen Qing got no confession. Instead, she received Xiao Ning's disgusted look and a remark that she was delusional.

Only later did Shen Qing learn that she'd been a substitute for seven years simply because she looked so much like someone else.

Her seven years with Xiao Ning were discarded.

When they met again, Shen Qing saw the woman beside Xiao Ning, who looked like her, and gave a self-mocking smile. Even as a substitute, she'd been the worst one in Xiao Ning's eyes.

Xiao Ning, who was used to being pampered, grew tired of the person by her side and missed the obedient woman more and more.

Xiao Ning waited outside Shen Qing's home and watched her smile in someone else's arms. Her heart ached. She stepped forward to pull Shen Qing close, but Shen Qing's disgusted look made her understand. Shen Qing told her to get lost.

The wheel of fortune had turned. Xiao Ning was now the one groveling, while Shen Qing felt nothing but irritation when she saw her.

A substitute who is the bottom at first x a top who chases her wife later

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