A salt merchant came to the capital, and rumors had it that he had two daughters, both breathtakingly beautiful, with skin like ice and bones like jade, peerless beauties.
Before long, word spread that the salt merchant intended to marry one of his daughters to Wang Jue, the son of the Minister of Revenue. But Wang Jue was notorious in the capital as a spoiled playboy who committed all kinds of evil. Marrying him would mean a life of misery.
On the day Shen Zhinong learned she was to marry Wang Jue, she thought of her former lover, the poor young man who was now the renowned chief councilor, Lu Mianzhong.
Lu Mianzhong, chief councilor to the emperor, was ruthless and unpredictable, and stopped at nothing to achieve his aims.
When he learned Shen Zhinong was to marry Wang Jue, Lu Mianzhong, usually cool and distant, was reminded of how heartbroken he had been when she abandoned him all those years ago.
So this time, he seduced her into becoming his mistress.
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At first
Shen Zhinong knew she had abandoned him all those years ago, so she didn't dare imagine that he would cherish her and treat her with the same gentle restraint as before.
That night, she served him carefully, just as she had in the past.
His expression turned cool. His noble brows drew together slightly as he sneered, "It's been years, and you've grown rusty at serving people."
Later
Lu Mianzhong: "How could you ever hope to become the mistress of my household?"
Later still
Lu Mianzhong: "Come back to my residence and be its mistress. What do you say?"
Shen Zhinong: "?"
One-on-one / sweet romance / rekindled love
The heroine and hero couldn't hold back when they were together earlier in the story, so she is no longer a virgin.
Charming little white rabbit vs. gentle big bad wolf
Theme: With you, I am never alone.
