The Runaway Concubine

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When the village girl Xin He was picking mulberry leaves, she caught the eye of the wealthy Master Wei and became his concubine.

But she had been in the Wei household for barely a month when Master Wei died. All he left her was a houseful of women, a pack of covetous clansmen, and an unborn child.

Everyone said Xin He was lucky. With the posthumous child, she would have someone to rely on for the rest of her life.

At first, Xin He thought so too, until she saw Young Master Wei return to the estate for his father's funeral. All color drained from her face.

Young Master Wei, Wei Mingjin, was a gifted scholar, renowned as a gentleman as pure as frost and snow.

But no one knew that he had once shared a night of passion with a woman.

Wei Mingjin searched everywhere for her without success. Then his father suddenly passed away. When he returned home for the funeral, he saw the concubine his father had just taken.

With her head bowed, she stood at the very end of a crowd of pretty women, her slight, frail figure like a wildflower by the roadside, trampled and plucked at will.

Wei Mingjin's gaze fell on her belly, not yet showing, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

After Master Wei died, Wei Mingjin became head of the Wei family.

Outsiders praised his kindness, saying he even took good care of the concubine carrying Master Wei's posthumous child.

But little did they know, Xin He had already become Wei Mingjin's bedmate.

At first, Wei Mingjin saw Xin He as nothing more than a diversion during his period of mourning. He planned to let their affair remain a secret forever once the mourning period was over.

But later, seeing how obedient and devoted to him Xin He was, Wei Mingjin thought that perhaps he could give her the position of concubine.

And later still, when he laid the position of principal wife before her and Xin He still turned it down, Wei Mingjin finally realized how much he regretted his choices.

Reader's Note:

1. Both the hero and heroine are deceitful and far from good people.

2. No matter what, the heroine loves herself most of all.

Coming Next: After I Became Empathetically Linked to My Difficult Wife. Blurb:

Song Baolang and Xu Qingyan married under a written betrothal agreement, but they were at odds from the start.

Song Baolang thought Xu Qingyan was neither gentle nor considerate, just a block of wood. Every time they shared a bed, it felt like a punishment. She couldn't stand another day of this. She wanted a divorce!

In Xu Qingyan's eyes, his wife was beautiful, pampered, and bad-tempered. She caused trouble all day long and constantly complained about him.

If she wanted a divorce, he would grant her wish.

But on the eve of their divorce, the two of them suddenly became linked, feeling each other's sensations.

When hot tea scalded Xu Qingyan's hand, Song Baolang gasped in pain.

When Song Baolang got her period, Xu Qingyan felt as if a heavy weight were dragging down his lower abdomen.

When Song Baolang couldn't find the jewelry she wanted to buy, Xu Qingyan, in the middle of discussing matters with his colleagues, suddenly burst into tears.

After this happened several times, Xu Qingyan went to discuss it with Song Baolang.

Xu Qingyan suggested, "How about we postpone the divorce and figure out this connection between us first?"

Song Baolang reluctantly agreed. "Fine."

Xu Qingyan seized the opportunity to ask, "Then could you stop being so spoiled and crying all the time?"

Song Baolang replied matter-of-factly, "No. If you made me happy and gave me everything I wanted, I wouldn't cry, would I?"

The two, who had planned to divorce, had no choice but to keep living together.

To avoid embarrassing himself in front of his colleagues again, Xu Qingyan began learning how to please his wife.

At first, he only wanted Song Baolang to be happy so he could suffer less himself.

But gradually, all Xu Qingyan wanted was to make Song Baolang happy.

In the end, even when he woke in the middle of the night, Xu Qingyan would berate himself: How had he been so blind all this time?

But by then, Song Baolang's childhood sweetheart had returned.

Little Scene:

That night, soft murmurs drifted from beneath the canopy bed.

"Do you like this pressure, Sushu?"

There was no reply.

"Mm, I can feel it. You like it, Sushu."

With a soft smack, a fair, delicate hand covered that chattering mouth.

Pre-Release 1: A Bridegroom for Tan Lang. Blurb:

Ji Shuyi, the only daughter of a family of military commanders, married the eldest son of the Shen family under a written betrothal agreement.

The couple were at odds after the wedding.

Ji Shuyi was fed up with her husband's meekness toward outsiders and his domineering ways at home.

Shen Dalang despised his wife's spirited, martial bearing and thought she was unfeminine.

They were ill-matched and often quarreled. Shen Dalang couldn't win an argument with Ji Shuyi, nor could he beat her. Every time, he would fly into a rage and order everyone in the household to shun her.

The Shen family members dared not disobey Shen Dalang. Only his unloved half-brother, Shen Huaiji, continued to be as close to Ji Shuyi as ever.

When Ji Shuyi was unhappy, Shen Huaiji would cheer her up. He also remembered what she said and came up with surprises for her.

Ji Shuyi, in turn, would secretly teach Shen Huaiji martial arts and celebrate his birthday with him.

In the stifling Shen household, they supported each other and became each other's only comfort.

A year after their wedding, Shen Dalang once again quarreled with Ji Shuyi and, in his anger, insulted her mother.

Ji Shuyi beat Shen Dalang to a pulp and slapped the divorce papers against his face.

Before leaving the Shen household, she went to see Shen Huaiji one last time.

Standing beneath clusters of blazing orange trumpet flowers, she said brightly, "I'm divorcing your big brother. Take good care of yourself from now on."

Afterward, the Ji and Shen families became bitter enemies.

Back at her own home after the divorce, Ji Shuyi lived a carefree, happy life for three years. Then her father carefully asked whether she would consider taking a live-in husband.

After giving it some thought, Ji Shuyi agreed.

On the eve of finalizing her choice, someone knocked on Ji Shuyi's window.

The young man, now a favorite at court, stood outside and tugged at Ji Shuyi's sleeve, looking like an abandoned dog. "If you're taking a live-in husband, why can't it be me, Sister?"

He looked as pitiful and aggrieved as he had when she left the Shen household.

Shen Huaiji's mother died young. He survived in the Shen household by being ingratiating and playing the part of the good boy.

At first, he approached Ji Shuyi only to make his own life a little easier.

Later, he did it to use her.

But when he realized he had fallen in love with Ji Shuyi, he began scrambling to rise through the ranks, all so he could earn the right to stand by her side.

He would gladly become her live-in husband.

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