The Substitute Mistress Was the White Moonlight All Along (The Ultimate Comeuppance)

The Substitute Mistress Was His One True Love

Zhao Mingzhi wakes up with no memories. Her maid tells her she is the mistress of Wei Ke, the current Grand Secretary.

Wei Ke is handsome and distinguished, with sunlight glowing on his profile. Zhao Mingxi only peeks at him through the beaded curtain, yet her cheeks flush with shyness and she loses her heart.

Zhao Mingzhi is as radiant as a lotus flower, but can’t do a thing. Her maid mocks her, saying she has the life of a mistress but the airs of a princess.

Zhao Mingzhi tries to embroider a handkerchief for Wei Ke, pricking her delicate, jade-white fingertips until they’re covered in bloody holes. Wei Ke takes the handkerchief to wipe dirt off his boots, then casually tosses it away.

But Zhao Mingzhi goes on to learn to make robes, stitch soles, and cook soup. Her tender, white fingers grow red and swollen, yet she does it all gladly.

At night, behind the curtains, passion fills the air. She takes his hand and places it on her lower belly, her almond-shaped eyes curving with a sweet smile.

But all the tenderness vanishes from Wei Ke’s face in an instant. He pinches her chin and studies her coldly. “You’re beautiful. So... like her.”

The next day, a bowl of abortion soup sits in silence on the table.

Zhao Mingzhi touches her still-flat belly and resolves to fake her death and leave.

At first, Wei Ke thinks nothing of it and scoffs: “She was only a substitute.”

Later, Wei Ke’s eyes turn bloodshot. His fingertips tremble as he wipes Zhao Mingzhi’s keepsake over and over, and his hair turns white overnight.

A year later, Wei Ke catches sight of a familiar figure and is overcome with joy, only to feel as if he has fallen into an icy abyss the next moment:

The woman tilts her head and smiles sweetly, then curls a slender finger to beckon the little one in the arms of the man beside her. “Baby, say hello to Mommy.”

Wei Ke secretly loves someone, keeping her in his heart because she is the beloved princess of the current emperor, a moon in the clouds forever beyond his reach.

One day, he meets a beauty who looks exactly like the princess and secretly keeps her in a separate residence to ease his longing.

He never knows that she is the one true love in his heart. When they meet again, his heart breaks, and it is too late for regret.

[The male lead is devoted to the female lead in both body and heart. She is his one and only. SC, 1v1]

[The substitute was his one true love all along. She fakes her death and runs away with their child. He must win her back!]

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Theme: Women have the right to pursue equal and independent love