On the eve of her wedding, Lin Mengzhao had a dream.
In it, her fiance was secretly having an affair with her father's concubine. The two of them plotted to kill her father. Afterward, they seized all her family's wealth and burned their home to the ground. Her wet nurse and younger brother both perished in the flames.
And what happened to her? Her fiance imprisoned her and tried to force her to become his secret mistress. She resisted by taking her own life, smashing herself against a corridor pillar.
Mengzhao woke in shock. After turning it over in her mind, she decided it must have been a glimpse of her past life.
So on her wedding day, she seized an opportunity and fled from her bridal sedan.
With no family and nowhere to turn, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and go to a bandit stronghold on Mount Wuhuang. She said to the bandit chief, "I know you're recruiting men and need money. Help me avenge my father's death, and I'll give you half my family's wealth. I'm the richest person in Linjiang. Half my fortune is worth a million, enough to keep you going for years."
Ji Lanqi tightened his grip on the twin blades and raised an eyebrow with a smile. "Half?"
Mengzhao froze, then frowned. "You... want to take all of it?"
She and her younger brother still needed to live on the rest of it.
Ji Lanqi rose leisurely and strode toward her on his long legs.
The man was tall and handsome, his vigorous, masculine presence making her legs go weak. Then came a soft sigh. "Money is certainly nice, but this beauty..." His gaze slid over her lips, hungry and eager.
Mengzhao was stunned. Her vision went black.
When she woke, she was lying on a stone bed. Remembering how dearly her father had loved her, she trembled beneath her dark lashes and wept uncontrollably. "As long as... you help me... avenge my father... I'll... do as you say."
Ji Lanqi was in high spirits. He laughed three times, then pulled her into his arms.
After that, he not only helped her eliminate her enemies and reclaim her family's fortune, but also braved every obstacle on her behalf as he conquered the world.
Years later, Mengzhao, now a mother, finally caught on. She pushed down the man's wandering hand and demanded, "Back then, when you forced me to give myself to you, was it a whim or had you planned it all along?"
The man paused. A hint of embarrassment crossed his even more dashing and imposing face. "The spring scenery outside is lovely. Why don't I take you on an outing, my lady?"
I knew it!
Only then did Lin Mengzhao understand why she'd found it so easy to leap out of her bridal sedan all those years ago.
1. Entirely fictional setting
2. Synopsis saved on 2021.9.19
Moral: Break through the barriers of status and dare to pursue love.
