My Childhood Friend Became a Concubine

Jiang Yunying was born with an immortal's beauty. She and Qi Yan, heir to the Duke of Dingguo, grew up together and were engaged to be married. They were a match made in heaven.

Yet Jiang Yunying hated Qi Yan and insisted on breaking off their engagement.

Qi Yan found her with his eyes reddened and said coldly, “Don't regret this.”

Jiang Yunying declared with confidence, “I will never regret it!”

Before the engagement could be broken off, the Jiang family fell overnight. Jiang Yunying was about to be sent to the imperial entertainment bureau and forced into a life of prostitution.

With nowhere else to turn, Jiang Yunying had no choice but to seek out Qi Yan and beg him to honor their engagement for the time being.

She promised that once the time was right, she would immediately divorce him and never stand in the way of his marriage prospects.

Qi Yan's handsome jaw tightened as he looked down at her and sneered, “Who was it who said she would never regret it? In that case, you should be my concubine now.”

Going from wife to concubine was a disgrace beyond words.

But to avoid being sent to the imperial entertainment bureau, Jiang Yunying had no choice but to grit her teeth and endure it.

Who could have known that being Qi Yan's concubine meant not only having to satisfy his endless demands at night, but also enduring his cutting remarks during the day?

Jiang Yunying felt exhausted in body and spirit, living a stifled, miserable life.

One night, Qi Yan kept her in his arms until midnight before finally letting her go. Satisfied, he embraced her and said,

“When I return from this trip, we'll have our wedding. You'll surely be happy with your new mistress...”

Jiang Yunying: “?”

Would she have to serve not only Qi Yan, but a new mistress as well?

This life was too stifling. She couldn't take it anymore!

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Qi Yan was born into nobility and had a proud, aloof disposition. His only setback was being rejected by the fiancée he'd been promised to since childhood.

Taking advantage of Jiang Yunying's misfortune, he sneered and took her as his concubine, hoping to temper her disposition.

Seeing Jiang Yunying grow increasingly gentle and charming, Qi Yan was pleased and planned to make her his wife when he returned from his official business.

But when he returned, she was gone!

[Little Scene]

When Qi Yan found Jiang Yunying, she was holding the hand of a handsome young man and speaking softly. “My family is well off. All I need is a husband to carry on the family name. Would you be willing to marry into my family...”

Qi Yan's eyes were red with jealousy. He pressed her against a corner and demanded, again and again, “If someone else is your husband, then what am I?”

Pinned in the corner, Jiang Yunying still stubbornly talked back.

“You, you can be my lover...”

Blurb backed up on July 26, 2024

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