Cloudlike Hair and Flowerlike Beauty

After her father and brothers became embroiled in a political factional struggle, Fu Yuanrong, daughter of a first-rank military marquis, was dragged down with them and forced into the entertainment quarter.

She fell from the clouds into hell. Once renowned throughout the land as Ying's most beautiful woman, she was now in dire straits, surrounded by wolves. Who knew how many people wanted to take advantage of her and claim her for themselves?

In her desperation, Fu Yuanrong placed her hopes in her fiancé, Meng Ping. But all he did was send her a dagger, so she could defend her chastity in a crisis and avoid bringing shame and trouble upon him.

Having seen through the hypocrisy of the human heart, Fu Yuanrong set out to take revenge. She sought out Meng Ping's political rival, Mu Feng, the commander of Ying's border defenses.

Meng Ping wanted her to remain chaste for him, so she deliberately offered herself to the man he detested most.

Later, amid the mist of the hot springs, she approached Mu Feng in a gauzy gown, her body swathed in a heady fragrance. Mu Feng looked at her in astonishment, his eyes lowering, as if he had seen the woman of his dreams.

That night, she experienced firsthand the might of a general whose strength could move mountains and rivers. When she whimpered in his arms, he kissed away even the sound of her voice.

Fu Yuanrong had assumed that the aphrodisiac from the Southern Region was simply so potent that even a hero like the commander had been unable to resist.

In her memory, Mu Feng had always been cold and aloof, and disliked anyone getting close. Two years earlier, during the imperial hunt, Meng Ping had introduced her to him, but he had looked down on everyone and ignored them completely.

But Fu Yuanrong didn't know that Mu Feng remembered that same moment entirely differently.

He hadn't been looking down on everyone. He had watched the couple leaning against each other, his eyes red with jealousy, nearly driven mad.

* The commander has secretly loved Yuanrong. At first, he thought she was happy and didn't dare disturb her.

* When she used the aphrodisiac, the commander thought he was once again having a profane dream about the woman he loved.

Theme: Saving yourself in adversity.