Lin Miaoniang has a very inconspicuous admirer: the Regent.
Everyone says she is the apple of the Regent's eye, but he never shows his face, never chats with her, and she has never seen a trace of affection in his eyes.
Whenever she gets close to the Regent, bad things happen to her.
She had planned to stay as far away from him as possible, but then he produced the birth-date matchmaker's card that had been missing for years and asked her father for her hand in marriage.
After spending some time together, Lin Miaoniang silently took back her assumptions that he was an honest man who had no interest in women or desire for sex. He was outrageously seductive!
He made her blush and sent her heart racing, and she dreamed about him night after night. But heaven knows, they had never even touched hands.
It was only after they married that the Regent shed his mask of innocence.
She had an excellent fiance, but the Regent used his looks and power to lure him away. She had no reason to get entangled with him, but he used psychological tactics to bring her into his residence. She had no reason to lie awake night after night, tormented by desire, but he got her all worked up and then refused to satisfy her, leaving her to lose her wits as he repeatedly told her, "Let's wait until we're married."
Who could have guessed married life would be this dark!
Theme: Be the master of your own fate.
