Stealing the Jade Waist

Blurb

Everyone knew of Yue Azhi, the famed courtesan of Jiangnan, whose slender waist and graceful dances had made her famous throughout the land. Countless nobles and aristocrats tossed out fortunes just to see her dance.

Yet only one man loved to see her drenched in sweat, weeping and begging him to stop.

She respected him, but she also feared him, dreaded him.

Whenever she awoke from a dream, she could still hear his sinister, icy voice in her ears: "Azhi, no one can take you away from me. No one."

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The neglected Thirteenth Prince once found a filthy little mute girl on the street.

He taught her to speak and trained her to become a dancer. When she turned sixteen, he sent her to Jiangnan to serve as an important bargaining chip for gathering intelligence.

Everyone knew that Helian Che kept countless women with similar looks in his residence. Their faces or their mannerisms all bore a resemblance to Yue Azhi, the famed courtesan of Jiangnan.

Yet he never touched a single one of them. Night after night, he only called out her name in his dreams.

But she wanted to run away, with a man she had met only three times!

Helian Che was beside himself with rage. He locked her up under strict guard. Once he had finally seized power, the first thing he did was bring her to the capital.

That night, she said nothing but wept.

He gently kissed away her tears, his thumb caressing her swollen lips as he murmured, "Azhi, call me your husband."

*Possessive pursuit / Ten-year age gap / Both leads' first love / Happy ending*

*Set in an imaginary dynasty. Historical accuracy not guaranteed.*

Blurb captured in a screenshot on August 1, 2022.

Theme: Even in adversity, let your own light shine.