Bright Moon, Bright Moon

[Concubine-born Daughter x Untouchable Beauty] [Scheming Ambition x Pursuing His Wife After Marriage]

Gu Mingyue was born to a concubine. She was beautiful, talented, and well-read. Unfortunately, her birth mother died young, and her jealous legitimate mother constantly oppressed her, keeping her trapped in the family estate and always putting her legitimate younger sister first. Gu Mingyue had never expected much from marriage, but her stepmother schemed to marry her off to a household servant as his second wife, condemning her to a life of confinement.

That night, Gu Mingyue placed a love charm on her stepmother's noble guest.

First, she would steal her sister's marriage and take revenge on her stepmother.

Second, she would marry into the Northern Capital Marquis's household and escape her stepmother's control for good.

But she knew full well that Wei Xuan had married her against his will, so she didn't dare ask too much of him. After their wedding, she planned to fulfill her marital duties only when the love charm took effect, then keep to her own side of the room. Once the charm was broken, she would divorce him and be free to roam the world.

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Wei Xuan, the Northern Capital Marquis, had inherited his title young and was decisive and ruthless. He should have been a most eligible match, sought after by noblewomen from the great families of the Central Plains, but he ended up falling for a mere concubine-born daughter.

He thought that Gu Mingyue had offended her stepmother and lost her maternal family's support. Leaving her neglected in the back courtyard would do no harm.

Yet as time went by, he found it harder and harder to control himself.

He began visiting her Lanxin Studio more and more often.

Before long, they were entangled day and night, their passion impossible to quench.

He had thought that, though she was a concubine-born daughter, her learning and character were good enough for her to fulfill her duties as his wife. Just as he was preparing a token and readying himself to spend his life with her, he discovered that in her dreams, she was calling another man's name.

That man was none other than Chu Yuan, the hostage from Southern Chu who had been imprisoned in the Sui Zhou Marquis's household for eight years. Only then did Wei Xuan learn that Gu Mingyue had been bullied in that household and had relied on Chu Yuan alone for eight years. Later, she had even tried to help him escape his cage and flee with him to Southern Chu.

Consumed by hatred, Wei Xuan led troops in pursuit and dragged her back.

“Between him and me, who do you really love?”

Coming soon: My Husband, Lovely as a Flower Reflected in Water. Please add it to your collection:

[Blurb:]

[Uninhibited Princess x Scheming, Sweet Young Heir]

[Ruthless Killer x Plays the Fool to Catch the Tiger]

Yuchen was raised by her imperial grandfather from childhood. At thirteen, she shot down enemy standards and captured enemy generals, unmatched on the northern frontier battlefield. When she returned to the capital as a young woman, she was married off to the sickly heir of a duke.

People said the young lord had been frail since infancy, “graceful as a flower reflected in water, and moving like a willow in the breeze.”

After the marriage was settled, people in the capital whispered that the emperor must resent the duke's family for becoming too powerful, and wanted the Third Princess to “crush a flower with a ruthless hand.”

Yuchen had thought so too. After marrying into the duke's household, she threw her weight around and trained her sweet young husband to obey her in everything.

Then palace turmoil broke out, and rebels took the royal family hostage. That day, she saw Lu Fei with her own eyes, clad in black armor and wielding a red-tasseled spear as he led soldiers into the palace. Flames of fury burned in his eyes, blood streaked his face, and he slaughtered his way through the palace for her.

What was that about being as delicate as a willow in the breeze? Nonsense!

Lu Fei: Don't ask. It's all part of the fun.

Theme: Never give up.