[Alluring Hu Ji x Cold and Aloof Nobleman]
Rong Yin's parents are servants in the Princess Royal's residence. With Hu ancestry in her family, she was born bewitchingly beautiful. Born a slave and destined to become a concubine, that is the fate laid out for her.
No one knows that beneath her beautiful face lies a stubborn heart determined to break free from the fate others have imposed on her and claim her freedom.
The debauched noblemen of Luoyang treat her like a frightened beast trapped in an arena, delighting in hunting her down.
Little do they know that her beauty is both her weakness and her weapon.
To escape the grasping hands of playboys and royalty, she throws herself into the arms of Wen Ruoyi, who is engaged in a refined discussion at a banquet. Half of the cloud pattern on his jade pendant peeks out from the front of her bodice.
The fragile beauty trembles in his arms. Tears fall from her reddened eyes, her gaze as bewitching as a cat's, her cherry-red lips quivering as if about to cry:
"Your Highness, after our night of passion, are you going to abandon me today?"
Prince Anping Wen Ruoyi is worlds away from her. His mother is a princess royal, and his father is a great general stationed on the western frontier.
Elegant and handsome as a heavenly god, he is the brightest moon in the mire of the divine capital, Luoyang: cold and desireless.
He is also the man she dares to scheme against and carefully ingratiate herself with.
She seeks his protection and helps him navigate Luoyang's treacherous world of power and profit.
All she needs to do is wait for her childhood sweetheart to return from the campaign, where his military merits will be exchanged for her freedom from slavery.
When she smiles and presents the letter of release from concubinage she wrote long ago, asking him to approve it,
he responds with a cold rebuke and pins her to the bed. Fiery passion burns in his cool eyes:
"A concubine is still a slave. Since you are willing to be my concubine, you remain a slave, and I can take you or keep you as I please!"
So his self-restraint, discipline, and lack of desire were all a lie.
Wen Ruoyi has a secret.
Ever since he nearly died from an allergic reaction after drinking a bowl of milk mixed with peanut paste that Rong Yin gave him at fourteen, her captivating catlike eyes have often appeared in his dreams.
It is only when he returns to Luoyang after six years of secluded cultivation at a Taoist temple in Chang'an that the owner of those captivating eyes throws herself into his arms, affecting a coy manner.
"Do you take me for a man who abandons a woman after seducing her?"
At the banquet, he strokes the frightened face of the beautiful girl in his arms.
Since she has provoked him, he won't let her escape.
Female lead: A great beauty, alluring on the outside and clear-eyed and determined within.
Male lead: A nobleman, cold and aloof on the outside, passionate and secretly flirtatious within.
Reading Guide:
1) One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending, and a light, sweet treat.
2) Includes a mutual secret crush turning into love and a chase-your-wife-to-the-crematorium arc.
3) The female lead sees her childhood sweetheart as a younger brother. The childhood sweetheart and the second male lead are both strong characters. There is rivalry for the female lead.
4) Set in a fictional world, with some customs inspired by the Tang dynasty. Society is open-minded, and chastity is not highly prized.
(Synopsis screenshot taken on 2023.8.5 at 11:18)
Theme: Don't let others dictate your fate!
