Forced Passion

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Yu Xianning was sent to the Hehuan Sect as a saintess when she was young, and betrothed to Xiao Changfeng, the sect's young master.

Though they lived under the same roof, she rarely saw her betrothed. She was kept in the sect like a canary in a gilded cage, nothing more than a pawn.

At last, she saw Xiao Changfeng on their wedding day. But he left after saying, "My heart belongs to someone else. Though we are married, we have nothing to do with each other."

Beneath the warm red wedding candles, Yu Xianning summoned several disciples to choose from. Her gaze settled on a man idly rolling dice in his hand.

Yu Xianning: "You. Stay tonight."

Yan Kongxuan put away the dice and raised an eyebrow. "As the saintess commands."

*

Though the newlyweds each loved someone else, no one in the sect knew. Yu Xianning carefully maintained her relationship with the man. But one day, as she and Yan Kongxuan were cultivating together, Xiao Changfeng returned early.

In a panic, Yu Xianning stuffed her robe into Yan Kongxuan's arms. "My husband is back. That's enough for today."

Yan Kongxuan's thin lips curved into a smile, but his dark eyes glinted coldly. "So, now that you've had your fill of me, you're going to kick me aside?"

Yu Xianning had no time to explain. She pushed him out the door.

When Xiao Changfeng came in, he pieced together what had just happened from the clues and flew into a rage, leaving Yu Xianning completely baffled.

He had someone else in his heart. Why was he so angry?

*

After that day, Yan Kongxuan never appeared again.

Not long afterward, a new ruler took over the Qing Tian Domain and summoned the Hehuan Sect's saintess to the palace.

They said the new ruler was ruthless. The day he conquered the city, the sky was dyed red with blood.

Yu Xianning stood uneasily in the empty grand hall, only for a familiar, handsome face from her memories to appear.

The heavy gates of the divine domain closed behind him, and the grand hall instantly became a prison.

Yu Xianning sensed danger and tried to flee, but he caught her by the wrist with ease and locked her tightly in his arms.

"You've gone mad. You want the wife of your lord?"

"So what if I do? What's mine has no place with anyone else."

*

Yan Kongxuan was greedy.

He wanted the world, her, all of her love, and a heart devoted to him alone.

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