Xu Yingru had been married into the prince's household for only a short time when her husband suddenly died, turning a beautiful young bride into a widow without warning.
Rumors claimed that beneath Xu Yingru's beautiful appearance lurked a fox spirit, one who lured men away and then claimed their lives.
Xu Yingru fled to her parents' home for protection, only to be met with baseless accusations and abuse. Some even threatened to execute her in the street to purge the family of her.
As she was wrapped in a white silk noose and her consciousness began to fade, she felt a warm touch on her abdomen. When she opened her eyes, she saw her family looking terrified, kneeling and bowing again and again.
Then a young man's clear voice rang beside her ear: "Sister-in-law is carrying my elder brother's child. How can she be allowed to die for love?"
As he spoke, Xu Yingru felt the arm around her waist tighten more and more, until she could barely breathe.
But she had never shared a bed with her husband. Where could this child of his have come from???
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Gu Shiyuan was born to the empress. He once held a knife to the neck of a principled historian who would rather die than yield, and persuaded him to change his assessment of Gu's character from vile to passable.
That was indeed the truth. At first, Gu wanted no part in the struggle for power, spending his days eating, drinking, and having fun. But later, for reasons unknown, his attitude changed. He began ruthlessly killing his elder brothers, showing them no mercy.
It all began when he met the wife his elder brother had married not long before...
The beauty stumbled into his arms by a twist of fate. Her touch was impossibly soft, and her hairpins and earrings clinked together, leaving him unsettled for a long time.
In the end, he was the one who thought of her day and night, lost in longing and consumed by torment.
After much deliberation, on the day his elder brother died suddenly, Gu Shiyuan set foot on a path of no return...
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