The Jiang family fell into decline.
The legitimate daughter, Jiang Wan, was famed as the most beautiful woman in the capital. This delicate flower seemed destined to become a plaything for the powerful.
Every noblewoman in the capital waited to see Jiang Wan make a fool of herself.
They waited and waited, only for the news to arrive that the Prime Minister had personally asked the emperor to grant him her hand in marriage.
The match was made with all due ceremony, and a wedding procession stretched for miles.
Jiang Wan married into the Prime Minister's residence and became Tang Xiqing's only wife.
The noblewomen clutched their handkerchiefs, their hearts shattered.
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Tang Xiqing was the unattainable ideal of countless noblewomen in the capital.
They all said he had no interest in women, like an immortal descended to the mortal world. Only Jiang Wan knew what he was truly like.
The night she went to him for help,
the man leisurely wiped his sword. Only when she had removed her clothes did he glance over and speak in a cool, indifferent voice...
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Three years later, Jiang Wan presented a thousand taels of silver and bowed respectfully to Tang Xiqing. The three-year term is over. The money and goods have both been settled.
But the Prime Minister broke his word for the first time and locked her up.
The usually indifferent man, his face twisted with fury, drove her to the bed. He seized both her hands without giving her a chance to refuse, then leaned down with a sneer. Want to leave? There isn't a single part of you that doesn't smell like me. Where do you think you're going?
As she met the madness in his eyes, Jiang Wan's knees went weak, and she trembled with fear.
[Soft on the outside, steely and sly within, a beautiful woman x a possessive, love-blind wolfdog]
Theme: Never give up, even when all hope seems lost.
