The Spoiled Concubine Has No Virtue

[The Wife-Chasing Crematorium] [Married First, Love Later] [The Untouchable Nobleman Falls from His Pedestal]

Everyone said Jiang Meishu was no good, but she sure was lucky.

Born a concubine's daughter, she was dazzlingly beautiful, with the face of a femme fatale and plenty of cunning. She deliberately fell into the arms of the Marquis's heir in public, hoping to marry into a powerful family.

Everyone waited for a laugh, but who could have guessed that the Marchioness, seeing how young and fertile she was, would bring her home to be her son's concubine?

After the wedding, she gave birth to his firstborn son and enjoyed boundless prestige, making everyone envious. Jiang Meishu alone was unhappy.

Her bewitching beauty was not her fault. The gossip was laced with jealousy, and someone had pushed her when she fell, intending to ruin her reputation.

As a concubine's daughter, her greatest wish was to become a lawful wife. She would never be a concubine.

Pei Yunyi was refined and noble, cold and aloof toward others. Even behind the bed curtains, he showed her not a moment of tenderness, leaving as soon as their night together was over.

She had thought giving birth to his firstborn would change things, but then she heard that the young lady promised to Pei Yunyi since infancy had returned to the capital, and that he would soon marry her.

Jiang Meishu gently stroked the baby's soft cheek, steeled herself, and handed the child over to her mother-in-law to raise. Then, taking advantage of bandits causing chaos, she escaped the Marquis's residence and never looked back.

On the road out of the capital, she heard that the Marquis's household had lost a beautiful concubine, and that the heir was so grief-stricken he had sent people everywhere to search for her and fallen seriously ill.

Jiang Meishu thought it was a joke. She assumed he was merely putting on an act, and ran away even faster.

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Pei Yunyi was aloof and self-possessed, keeping his distance from women. He despised people without virtue or conscience, especially Jiang Meishu, who had resorted to any means necessary to marry him.

He refused to let her disturb his peace of mind or obstruct his future. He shared her bed only because he was obeying his parents' orders.

Sometimes, even the Marchioness had no idea such an order had been given.

After she gave birth, Pei Yunyi finally decided to treat her well, only to learn that she had abandoned everything and run away.

He cursed her as a heartless wretch, as unscrupulous as ever. Yet at night, alone in his empty room, he held their endlessly wailing child and found his eyes turning red.

Later, he watched helplessly as she fell into another man's arms. No matter how many times he pleaded in a low voice, she turned him away. Only then did he suddenly understand:

The person without virtue or conscience had been him all along!

1. Both leads are each other's first and only love. Happy ending.

2. The wife-chasing crematorium trope, possibly with a bit of coercive pursuit. The aloof nobleman goes mad with love.

3. There is another reason behind their childhood betrothal, and the heroine will become the lawful wife.

Theme: Love is the free wind in the forest.