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Qi Yuruo's father and elder brother both hold government posts, and her family arranged a marriage for her early on. She and her betrothed grew up together and were preparing to marry at the end of the year. But during a spring outing on the lake, the newly enthroned emperor took a liking to her, and she was forced to become his secret mistress, hidden from the world.
The new emperor, Pei Jin, is handsome and refined in his manners, but rotten to the core. In the darkness of his bedchamber, he took the chastity most precious to a sheltered young woman. In moments of tenderness, he called Qi Yuruo "Little Rou'er" and "dear sister."
Qi Yuruo had been frail since childhood, and this was her first experience of intimacy. Whenever Pei Jin approached, she tensed up and refused to respond in the slightest. But Pei Jin insisted on tormenting her, making her cling to him and forcing her to play along.
Qi Yuruo knew Pei Jin loved Xue Rouyin, the Grand Tutor's legitimate daughter. Because Xue Rouyin had married someone else, Pei Jin imprisoned Qi Yuruo at his side, since she bore some resemblance to Xue Rouyin. He was merely treating her as Xue Rouyin's substitute.
The lives of her entire family were in Pei Jin's hands. Since Qi Yuruo could not fight back, she resigned herself to her fate and let him do as he pleased. But the emperor was cold-hearted, and he even used her to control her father and brother, nearly getting her brother killed.
Qi Yuruo realized she was nothing but a plaything in Pei Jin's hands, a fragrant bait used to make her father and brother risk their lives. In despair, she faked her death and left.
Long afterward, she was invited to paint a portrait of a young lady. But when she entered, there was no young lady in sight. Instead, a strong figure approached her from behind. Startled, she struck him with a teapot, splashing cold tea over both their heads and faces.
The dim light came on, illuminating the handsome, brooding face of the man. He said, "My dear sister and I were once more intimate than husband and wife. Have you really forgotten me?"
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At first, Pei Jin treated Qi Yuruo like a pet bird in his hand, teasing and abusing her at will.
Later, when Pei Jin learned that Qi Yuruo loved someone else, jealousy consumed him, and he completely lost his cool.
[Reader's Guide]
1. The male lead loves only the heroine from beginning to end. Her belief that she is a substitute is just her own assumption, but he does have a rotten streak.
2. A story of forced possession and a man winning back his wife. The male lead's feelings for the heroine are somewhat twisted. SC, HE.
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♥ The untouchable beauty · forced possession · best friend's wife
♥ Also known as: My Best Friend Married the Fiancée I Rejected, Sending Me Down a Moral Abyss and Onto the Point of No Return of Coveting and Forcibly Taking My Friend's Wife
[Blurb]
Cui Weizhen was betrothed to Xie Shi'an from childhood. Her father held no high office, but the Xie family was a prominent clan in the capital, and Xie Shi'an was the most talented man of his generation. Everyone said Cui Weizhen was lucky to have secured such a match.
She thought so too, and looked forward to marrying into the Xie family and becoming Xie Shi'an's wife.
But on the day she came of age, Xie Shi'an personally visited to break off their engagement.
Unable to accept it, Cui Weizhen chased after him to ask why. All she got was a single sentence from Xie Shi'an:
"You are not fit to be a wife."
Though heartbroken after the broken engagement, Cui Weizhen soon picked herself up and married Han Zhao, the commander of the Northern Garrison's Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Han Zhao was unruly and arrogant, but he indulged her in everything. Their married life was blissful, though Han Zhao's appetite for sex was so voracious and their nights together so frequent that Cui Weizhen could hardly keep up.
Aside from that, hers was the kind of life everyone envied.
A year into their marriage, Han Zhao hosted a banquet at home. One of his guests was Xie Shi'an.
Though Cui Weizhen still resented him, she greeted him politely and treated him as a guest.
After that, she often felt someone watching her from the shadows.
*
Their marriage had been arranged by their elders. As the years passed, Xie Shi'an grew increasingly dissatisfied with Cui Weizhen.
Her figure was excessively voluptuous, her manner flirtatious, and she lacked all decorum. She was unsuited to be the mistress of the Xie clan.
When Cui Weizhen came of age, he finally persuaded his father to end the unsuitable engagement. He then left the capital to take up an official post in Yongzhou.
A year later, he returned to the capital, and his close friend Han Zhao invited him home to celebrate his return.
At the banquet, a voluptuous, alluring woman emerged at an unhurried pace. Han Zhao put an arm around her shoulders and introduced her. "Yunzhi, this is my new wife. The two of you already know each other."
The woman bent her knees in greeting, and the hairpin in her hair did not waver. Yet her excessively curvaceous figure made the gesture seem wanton and frivolous. Xie Shi'an felt a strange familiarity.
The woman looked up. It was Cui Weizhen, the woman whose engagement he had broken. Xie Shi'an froze on the spot.
That night, he stayed in the room next door and heard Han Zhao and Cui Weizhen making love. The woman's voice was languid and alluring, her soft whispers like swallows beneath the eaves.
Jealousy surged through Xie Shi'an. He thought:
Cui Weizhen should have been his wife.
He wanted Cui Weizhen.
He began secretly watching her, gazing at her pale wrists and full breasts.
Listening in on her lovemaking with Han Zhao, he went from an upright gentleman to a wolf coveting his best friend's wife.
Later, Han Zhao was implicated in an old case. Xie Shi'an spread a rumor, luring Cui Weizhen to meet him at night.
The woman's eyes were red and swollen as she knelt at his feet. Her voice was mournful. "If I can save my husband, I would gladly give my life for it."
He lifted her face and wiped away a tear with his fingertip. "I don't want your life, Madam. I want you."
Theme: Communication matters all the more when you stand on opposing sides.
If I were to meet this article in another place, I would definitely say that there are only two [dog heads]
It's good to read. The author writes very well about sticky love. The next book should be less cruel.
The male lead is such a good comedian, but I can't do it anymore
It's well written. I used to watch Robbery, but I always couldn't see the male protagonist's love for the female protagonist. The female protagonist always didn't care when she was around, and I only realized that she liked her when she left. When I watched it, I always hated that I had to break up and get back together. This book feels like there are causes and consequences. The heroine is flesh and blood, and each has its own position and reason. Love and hate are not just things that come from an empty nest. I like it very much.
Oh Mo, Pei Gou can't stand this little thing?
Double borrow money. 1V1. In the early stage, the dog is very doggy, but in the later stage, the dog is trained. In the end, the dog worried about gains and losses. In the end, they were together sweetly. [Orange Candy] Got it
Haha, this one-on-one crematorium is beautiful.
Do you have to write a plot like this?
I saw that the abuse started again in the extra episode. I support the abuse of the male protagonist. After all, the male protagonist was too bad in the early stage. But if the female protagonist is asked to choose one of the two to abuse the male protagonist, the female protagonist will always live in guilt. Moreover, this extra chapter feels like a continuation of the main text, and it is not out of place if it is added directly to the main text. I was quite disappointed with this extra chapter. I thought the author would write about the daily sweet life after marriage in the extra chapter. The main text states that Pei Zheng kidnapped the heroine, and the heroine's clothes were not covering her body, which made the heroine feel that she was unclean. It felt quite uncomfortable and made me feel even more pitiful for the heroine.
Extra, more, more, more