[Gorgeous, scene-stealing heroine vs. sickly, scheming green-tea hero]
Bai Xiruo, the eldest legitimate daughter of the Jing'an Marquis household, has a pair of foxlike eyes and breathtaking beauty. Destined to be a "seductive harbinger of disaster," she was sent by her father as a child to be raised in her mother's hometown, where her mother's family were wealthy merchants. There, she endured the scorn of countless people.
On her twentieth birthday, the marquis household "invites" her back to Chang'an, only to have her take the place of their second wife's daughter in a marriage!
And the groom is none other than Gu Mingchen, the Imperial Preceptor who holds power over the court.
Rumor says he captures people to make medicine, uses human heads as lanterns, turns thigh bones into pipes, and grinds ashes into jade rings...
Bai Xiruo immediately refuses. She packs her bags and flees back to her hometown, taking the opportunity to burn down his poison tower and rid the people of a menace.
While being pursued, she knocks into a frail, handsome scholar. A bright idea strikes her, and she tugs at his sleeve, eyes reddening as she says softly, "Dear brother, could you help me? I'll repay you."
The young scholar rubs his ash-jade ring, curls his lips into a smile, and answers gently, "Sure!"
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Gu Mingchen intends to personally capture the woman who burned down his poison tower.
Unexpectedly, the little fox spirit lures him home and keeps him there like a caged songbird. She ties a little golden bell around his ankle, makes him call her "big sister" day and night, asks him to massage her feet, and dresses him in all sorts of outfits...
He suddenly decides that this is rather fun, so he changes his mind and plans to fatten up the little fox before dealing with her.
But after the first time the little fox spirit has her way with him, she runs off...
Gu Mingchen stares at the bed where they shared their tender moments and crushes his ash-jade ring to powder!
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Bai Xiruo never imagined that the pretty boy she had set her sights on was the twisted Imperial Preceptor who had been hunting her day and night.
Thinking back on everything she had done to him, she suddenly feels that her death is at hand. Little does she know that there's now a baby in her arms...
#Help, do I have to take responsibility for sleeping with my prospective husband after running away from the wedding?
#A doting wife runs off while pregnant
SC, HE
Theme: Devotion to one person for life.
