The Gilded House

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Xie Lanyin was breathtakingly beautiful, like a painting in every way. Even her fiance was renowned as the most distinguished young gentleman in the capital region.

But on the eve of her wedding, disaster struck the Xie family. Xie Lanyin was abducted by bandits, and when she returned to her family three months later, her reputation was in ruins.

Her clan urged her to die, and her fiance had already married someone else. Just as she had lost all hope, the Grand Tutor of the imperial court appeared before everyone with an imperial edict of marriage and asked for her hand.

Shen Ji, the Grand Tutor of the imperial court, came from humble beginnings. After saving the new emperor and helping him ascend the throne, he became one of the empire's most powerful officials.

He held power over the entire court, second only to the emperor, and even the great clans had to give him a wide berth.

At first, Xie Lanyin thought life after marrying him would be difficult. Their marriage was merely a partnership, arranged by an imperial edict from the new emperor. But after their wedding, Shen Ji treated her with tenderness and care, and personally executed the bandit who had violated her. Little by little, she lowered her guard, believing she had found the best husband in the world.

Until one day, she accidentally discovered a secret hidden in his study: a passage that led straight to the estate where she had been imprisoned for three whole months.

So she was the fool all along. The villain at her side was the very same bandit!

Notes:

1. Both leads have had no previous partners. This is a story of possessive pursuit.

2. The heroine is not pregnant; there is more to the story. Happy ending.

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The campus heartthrob she had been dating for two years was just like his name suggested: gentle, polite, and reserved. Until one day, Ye Ning woke up in bed...

The window was locked behind iron bars, the bedroom door was shut tight, and her boyfriend was approaching the bed step by step with a meal he had cooked himself. His gaze was gentle, yet concealed a dangerous air that made her shudder.

"A-Ning, we'll be together forever, right?"

Her boyfriend's sudden change in character left her suffocating. After they broke up, Ye Ning began to feel that something was off about everyone around her.

The sunny, cheerful junior always spoke in a sickly-sweet way.

Her stepbrother's friend had alluring, foxlike eyes and a flirtatious air. Right in front of her, he slipped her a hotel key card.

Her first love's younger brother was even more brazen, saying he was willing to follow the ancient example of E Huang and Nü Ying, and didn't mind dating his former "sister-in-law."

Only her refined, aloof stepbrother remained as indifferent to her as ever, with no ulterior motives.

Later, he said, "We're not related by blood, and we're not even on the same household register."

He gazed deeply at her and smiled.

"Want to give it a try?"

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