As the head maid of the general's residence, He Yuan had been bought as a child. She was the old hand who burned incense for him, tended his bed, bathed him, and warmed his sheets.
The head of the household, Cao Yubai, had inherited his title at a young age. He inspired awe in everyone, his desire as cold and unreachable as snow on a plum blossom.
He made an exception only for a little maid.
She was catlike, with snowy skin and a soft, delicate body, meek and obedient, and he couldn't bear to be without her for even a moment at night.
He even let her choose his future wife with the slightest point of her finger.
Outsiders mocked her: What was she pretending to be, some pure little white flower? Everyone knew she'd climbed into his bed to get where she was.
He Yuan never fought or grabbed for anything, and always knew her place. She would never overstep and claim what wasn't hers.
Until the night she served him during his bath. He lifted his eyes, his thoughts inscrutable. Though his expression was calm, his gaze was commanding. "Do you want to fight for a way out for yourself, too?"
He suddenly dragged her into the disarray of the water, and by habit, she turned her face away.
She knew her place. The head of the household was aloof and heartless, merely amusing himself with her like a pet cat. On the eve of his wedding, she set a plan in motion and escaped.
When He Yuan fled, she took his most treasured sword, along with the child in her womb, his child.
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The Cao household's pet cat had run away a few days ago.
People thought Cao Yubai was always composed and proper, a man who planned everything with unfathomable cunning. Yet they saw the imperial guards searching the whole city through the rain.
The sandalwood incense he burned in worship of the Buddha had been snuffed out. His profile cast a deep shadow, and though he seemed nonchalant, he could not conceal the chill in his eyes.
He heard that another man had helped her escape.
Just thinking about it drove him mad.
■ Domineering pursuit | Chasing his wife to the crematorium | Status gap | Dramatic elopement
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