Secretly Carrying the Marquis's Child

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Blurb:

The realm is divided into three, with Zhao the greatest power.

That day, Marquis Zhao led his troops and swiftly captured ten cities. The Zhao army won a great victory. The defeated army offered up two beauties in hopes of securing peace.

Marquis Zhao shared a bond of brotherhood with Liu, the second son of the Earl of Donghua. After the victory, he held a grand banquet, but his brother claimed to be ill. Unwilling to keep the beauties all to himself, Marquis Zhao drunkenly brought one to share with him in his tent.

In a haze, he made love with the delicate beauty in the tent. Marquis Zhao thought her hair and waist were exquisite, and that this beauty was indeed bewitchingly alluring.

The next day, Brother Liu coldly told him to leave. Knowing he had behaved disgracefully in his brother's tent, Marquis Zhao hurriedly apologized.

"Last night was wonderful. If you don't mind, Brother Liu, you can keep this one of mine too, as an apology."

She flushed with anger and told him to get out.

But Marquis Zhao thought she had the same seductive charm as the beauty from the night before, and his gaze lingered on her day after day.

She dared not stay by Marquis Zhao's side any longer. Claiming she had to care for her grandmother, she hired a carriage and fled to the countryside. Marquis Zhao pursued her relentlessly, riding up to the carriage and teasing her for being delicate.

"We rode hard for thousands of miles on campaign. Now we're going home to visit your grandmother. Why travel by carriage?"

He insisted on climbing in to squeeze in beside her, but suddenly saw her gently rounded belly, which she had not bound...

[Little scene]

Marquis Zhao sits quietly by candlelight, lost in thought.

Xi Ning: Brother Wan took a day off and asked me to fill in for him.

Marquis Zhao: Very well.

He is the most powerful warlord of the Daxi Kingdom, calm and wise, with grand ambitions. In Xi Ning's eyes, he is like a god. Yet now, his gaze follows her every move.

Marquis Zhao: Someone has me all unsettled. What do you think I should do?

Xi Ning, confused: Are you happy when you see him?

Marquis Zhao: Very happy.

Xi Ning: Then can you leave him?

Marquis Zhao: I can't.

Xi Ning: So he's important to you?

Marquis Zhao: It seems he's even more important than I am to myself.

Xi Ning, looking around: Don't try to fool me. Where in our camp is there anyone like that?

Marquis Zhao thinks: I like you so much that I thought I had developed a taste for men.

Blurb for the historical romance coming soon: What Does It Matter If All the Powerful Men Adore Me?

Though the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Central Military Commission are both military offices, the Commander-in-Chief dislikes dealing with the latter most of all.

This is because Xun Kekong, Deputy Commander of the Central Military Commission and Commander of Ningxia, is incorruptible. He acts impartially and is unyielding in his integrity.

Even though the Commander-in-Chief is one of the emperor's personal guards, he has to keep his wits about him and deal with Xun Kekong carefully.

So the Commander-in-Chief says, "Commander Xun, you've been single for many years. The emperor once arranged for you to marry a county princess, but you said there was no need. Now the Crown Prince himself is finding you a match. The princess is as beautiful as a flower. Surely you can't turn her down again?"

Xun Kekong only says coldly that he is unworthy.

This reminds him of something from long ago.

The emperor seized the throne in a rebellion.

Before the capital fell, Xun Kekong told the Crown Prince that he wanted to marry a young woman who worked in his household.

They had been classmates in the past, and the woman had disguised herself as a man. She was exceptionally clever.

He was the head of her study group, as well as a low-ranking stable hand who led horses for her at the private racecourse.

He had always known he was not worthy of her.

Later, her entire family fell into misfortune, and he once traveled day and night to reach the capital.

By then, he was a notorious rebel leader whose name appeared on the wanted list, yet he secretly entered the city to protect her, risking death at every turn.

Fate played a cruel trick on him. She had no memory of him at all...

Theme: Respect and love yourself.