After the Concubine Escapes is currently updating. The blurb is below. Please add it to your collection, mwah~ Also, I recommend my other column, Letters from Fanhua Mountain, a true body-double romance.
[Blurb]
The heir of the Duke of Dingguo and the eldest legitimate granddaughter of the Minister of Rites were betrothed as children. Everyone in the capital said they were a match made in heaven. But on the eve of the wedding, the Duke of Dingguo's family was convicted of a crime. Cui Mengyun's father arranged for her to take her legitimate elder sister's place as the bride.
Everyone waited to see her make a fool of herself. Only she knew that, years ago, Ji Heng had saved her when she fell into the water, and ever since, he had been the unattainable moon in her heart.
She stood by Ji Heng as he rose again, helping him go from the disgraced descendant of a convicted official, mocked by everyone, back to the pinnacle of power.
She knew that he had always reserved a place in his heart for her elder sister. She watched him treasure the token of affection they had exchanged, and saw him repeatedly come to her sister's aid after she divorced.
But when it came to her...
The candles she kept burning late into the night as she waited for him to come home never once earned her a glance;
The one and only time she asked him for something in all their years of marriage, he answered with cold sarcasm;
It seemed that anything and anyone could matter more to him than she did.
Even the most ardent hopes grow cold after day upon day of neglect.
When she finally learned that the man she loved was not the one who had saved her, she took back all the love she had given him over the past ten years.
In the end, she had only fallen for the hand that reached out to her when she was desperate.
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Ji Heng had known from the start why his wife had fallen for him. But he was even more certain that her love for him had long since become more than gratitude for saving her life.
Until he found a letter of divorce bearing her name in a drawer...
Ji Heng gently pinched the unfinished divorce letter. His smile was warm and sinister. "Is a life-saving favor really more important than our ten years together?"
"Once you've given me your love, it can only belong to me."
Whether it was a mire or hell, he was doomed, and she would never escape him either.
Reading Guide:
1. Includes a substitute bride, mistaking one's savior, and other melodramatic twists. The elder sister is part of a misunderstanding!
2. At least one male supporting character has unrequited feelings for the heroine.
3. Includes coercive possessiveness. The hero is a little unhinged about the heroine.
4. Comments on individual paragraphs are open. Feel free to leave a message~
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After the Concubine Escapes
[Blurb]
Mingzhu was renowned far and wide for her beauty, but that extraordinary beauty brought disaster upon her family.
Someone told her that a wealthy gentleman had arrived in town, and even the county magistrate had paid him a visit.
Mingzhu put on her finest clothes, summoned her courage, and knocked on the wealthy gentleman's door.
She knelt before him and begged him to save her family, offering to pay any price.
The man's cool, indifferent voice came from the dais: "Raise your head."
In the end, the Ming family was saved.
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Mingzhu followed the wealthy gentleman away from her hometown and came to Shengjing, a dazzling city of endless prosperity. He sent her to a quiet little courtyard, where she became his concubine.
The master came every day and spent every night with her, leaving Mingzhu struggling to keep up.
But once they left the bed, he would warn her, "Don't let yourself grow greedy."
Then one day, the master suddenly disappeared. Later, Mingzhu heard that the head of the Rong family was about to marry a new bride: Shen Yuezhi, the noble lady he had long yearned for.
Mingzhu found her courage once more and secretly caught a distant glimpse of Shen Yuezhi during the Lantern Festival. She saw a face that looked seven-tenths like her own.
She thought the master no longer needed her.
To avoid upsetting his new wife, Mingzhu quietly left.
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Three years ago, a breathtakingly beautiful widow named Ming arrived in Fengdu and made a roaring success of her medicinal herb business.
The Widow Ming suddenly announced that she was seeking a husband. Countless men in the city who admired her sprang into action, hoping to win over the wealthy, striking widow with their looks, money, or strength.
Even the prefect, whose reputation as a wife-killer made marriage difficult for him, joined in the excitement.
On the day of the matchmaking, the wealthy gentleman, almost entirely forgotten by Mingzhu, suddenly appeared before her.
He smiled warmly, yet chillingly. "A Zhu, your husband isn't dead yet."
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When Rong Jin traveled incognito, he took in a concubine. She was stunningly beautiful, with bright, captivating eyes, but timid and gentle by nature, obedient and sensible. Rong Jin was very pleased with her.
He had always rewarded well-behaved little birds generously, and planned to raise her status once he had achieved his great ambitions.
But he never expected the little bird to quietly break her ankle shackle and fly far away.
Only then did Rong Jin realize that it wasn't just the little bird that had gotten out of control. His heart, stolen away by her without his noticing, had escaped him too.
Theme: Sincerity deserves sincerity.
It's really unacceptable. In the end, the male and female protagonists are back together. Is Wang Shiyao just a part of their play? Forget it, I won't remember Wang Shiyao in two days anyway.
So the culprit of everything is Ji Wangfeng. If he hadn't seduced his sister-in-law even though he knew they were engaged, Lu Wenli wouldn't be perverted, and there wouldn't be so many troubles.
In order to let the male protagonist take the lead, Wang Shiyao was written to death. Is it because the author couldn't make things right but was in a hurry to end it?
I really can't accept the ending of Wang Zichu, not just because he died without being with the heroine, but because his death was so natural. If it were the male protagonist, he would never die because he is not so kind and selfless. I really, really cried. It's so sad. I thought I was going to die. A reasonable way to die makes me feel more uncomfortable than a forced death. I don't understand. I don't understand. Among the men in the rankings, apart from the clear villains, only Wang Zichu has the most miserable and painful ending. MdI am really angry with this private emperor!!! Don't be crazy, okay? Sad. How could he be so kind before his death? I am willing to let the two of them have an affair for the rest of their lives, and I would love to watch them even if they were to live in love for the rest of their lives. It's all this damn male protagonist's fault!!
It feels a bit pity, I still like Wang Zichu very much, but it's a pity that he and the heroine have no future.
My second male, a pure tool man
I think the male protagonist is a monster. He can't empathize with others at all. He can't understand other people's meaning. He is self-righteous. I have never seen such a disgusting person. In the end, he just touched the female protagonist again, but his attitude towards the female protagonist is completely based on compromise. He has never truly respected the female protagonist. The biggest problem is not how much he loves the female protagonist, but that his personality is very unhealthy.
Doesn't the male protagonist have a long mouth? The female protagonist can muster up the courage to divorce, so why can't she be unable to bear the matter of Lu Wenli? If the male protagonist refuses to talk about it, the female protagonist will not be wary of Lu. Is this a disguised way of putting the female protagonist in danger? What's more, the male protagonist has been indifferent to the female protagonist all these years. He has never understood this. Why? Since you love her so much, and since you can express your feelings so clearly now, why didn't you treat her well when you got her back?
I thought Lu Wenli and Xiao Wang were both good before, but after discovering that Lu is a white and sweet person, Xiao Wang, a white and sweet person who is not tainted by the world, is more suitable for the heroine.
Will the male protagonist be changed? It feels good too