When the Jiang family's orphaned daughter married, the whole city came out to watch.
Everyone knew the Jiangs and the Shangs had arranged a childhood betrothal, but no one had said which son she was to marry.
Now that the Jiang family had fallen on hard times, the Shangs took advantage of them and married her off to their second son.
The Shang family had twin sons.
The elder, Shang Munan, spent most of his time away at war and was the general most trusted by the emperor.
The younger, Shang Mubai, spent every night in pleasure houses, and his illegitimate children stretched from the south of the city to the north.
Sitting in the bridal sedan, Jiang Yueming knew that the man she was marrying was a notorious playboy and wastrel.
Jiang Yueming did not ask her husband to cherish or love her. She only wanted them to treat each other with courtesy and respect.
Unfortunately, things did not go as she hoped.
On their wedding night, even the servant outside the door laughed at how she had just entered the household and was already spending the night alone.
Jiang Yueming was about to lie down fully dressed when her husband, who had left without even lifting her red veil, suddenly came back.
Jiang Yueming was always confused.
By day, her husband treated her with utter coldness.
At night, he was passionately entwined with her, day after day.
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News arrived from the front that Shang Munan had died in battle. Her husband left to pay his respects, but when he returned, he seemed like a different person.
Then one day, a man whose face had been horribly disfigured knocked at the Shang family gates and claimed that he was the real Shang Mubai.
Jiang Yueming stroked her slightly rounded belly and looked at the man before her.
If this man was her husband, then who was the man who had shared her bed every night?
Reading guide:
1. Petite, delicate sister-in-law x brooding, possessive elder brother
2. Both leads are inexperienced (yes, the heroine and the younger brother never actually went all the way)
This blurb was first edited on January 9, 2026, and a screenshot has been saved.
Theme: Love is willing to stop at nothing
