The Marquis's Runaway Bedchamber Maid

[Crematorium] [Forcing Love] [Black-Hearted Minister] [Devoted Maid and Spy with Amnesia]

Yun Sui is a musical entertainer, blessed with breathtaking beauty and skin as smooth as jade. But after a fall left her somewhat slow-witted, she was invited to a banquet at the Marquis of Yiyang's estate in late spring. She thought she was merely there to keep someone company. She never imagined they would push her into bearing a child for another woman.

Behind warm red curtains, as springtime passion stirred, the man kissed her hair and sneered, "You're back? Bear me a child first. Consider it compensation."

Yun Sui had no idea what was going on. In a daze, she became his favorite. Outsiders said she was lucky, but only she knew what it was really like.

By day, the maids bullied her. By night, Wei Rong tormented her. She also had to kneel for two hours every day in the Wei ancestral hall. Then one day, she overheard Wei Rong plotting with an assassin.

"Once the Yun woman gives birth, make your move."

Yun Sui knew their affair was only a fleeting tryst, but when she learned Wei Rong wanted her dead, she still couldn't help crying.

A few days later, during the ancestral rites, the white funeral banners filling the sky brought back memories of her past. Cold sweat broke out across her back.

She had been a spy, using her beauty to infiltrate the marquis's household through marriage. But her mission failed, and she fled in a panic.

Returning to the marquis's estate had been Wei Rong's plan. His tenderness was nothing but a trap to make her fall for him, so he could pay her back in kind. Once she bore his child, he would kill her to vent his hatred.

Beneath the sweet dream, everything had been a trap.

She cried all night. The next day, after quietly drinking the poisoned wine Wei Rong had given her, she smiled at the man staring at her in alarm. "As you wished, I owe you nothing now."

Wei Rong hated Yun Sui.

He hated her for plunging a dagger into his chest, for playing with his genuine feelings, and for causing hundreds of members of the Wei family to perish in a sea of flames.

He swore to take revenge.

After making her his sole favorite, he would grow cold and intimate himself with other women in front of her, deliberately telling her he no longer wanted her.

He carried out every cruel, heartless scheme as smoothly as water flowing through a channel. Yet the young woman only gazed at him with red-rimmed eyes, awkwardly embroidering a wedding robe for him despite her swollen belly.

Wei Rong's heart ached as if it would burst. Suddenly, he no longer wanted to hate her. He wanted to start over with her.

Overjoyed, he was about to make Yun Sui his official wife and give her and their unborn child a proper place in the family. But that very day, he received word that she had taken her own life. He refused to believe it and rushed back to the estate that night. The moment he saw Yun Sui's corpse, he vomited a mouthful of blood.

He had once wanted Yun Sui to disappear forever. But now he was trapped in a world without her, and it felt like hell. With every passing day, he sank further into madness.

On the outskirts of the capital stood a tavern whose beautiful, kindhearted landlady was known to everyone as the Wine-Making Beauty.

When Wei Rong heard of her, he came by for a drink. Seeing the young woman beneath a sky clearing after snowfall, he was overcome with tears. He held Yun Sui and choked out, "If you hate me, stab me here. My heart is yours."

Yun Sui looked baffled. "I don't want it. What you have is worthless."

Wei Rong assumed she was just sulking. This woman was devoted to him. How could she not want him?

But in the blink of an eye, Yun Sui fell into another man's arms. He was younger and more handsome than Wei Rong.

Wei Rong's expression darkened. He knew that man: his political rival.

Reading Guide:

1. The male lead is a virgin. He turns love into hate and says one thing while doing another.

2. A pure-hearted man falls for an innocent beauty, gets abandoned, and decides to take revenge, only to drive his wife away himself. Then comes the crematorium and forced love.

3. At first, the heroine is a little dim-witted because of the medicine, but she gets better later.

4. The second male lead is a scheming flirt who openly pursues the heroine and deliberately competes with the male lead for her.

Next up: My Enemy Kingdom's Powerful Father and Son Covet Me After My Country Falls. If you're interested, please add it to your collection!

[Cool, Alluring Beauty x Cunning Old Fox vs. Proud Young General] [Forcing Love] [Crematorium]

When her country falls overnight, Yan Xirui goes from a princess of Great Chu to a prisoner. Surrounded by danger and a pack of wolves, she has no choice but to clutch the robe of the young general before her to protect herself.

"My lord, please take pity on me..."

Prince Yin's heir, Lin Ningxi, had followed his father onto the battlefield since childhood. By seventeen, he had already won countless honors. Dashing and spirited, he was every young woman's dream in the capital.

Unfortunately, he was unruly, difficult to deal with, and skilled at reading people. Seeing through the girl's schemes, he lifted her chin with his dagger and said with an amused smile, "Bathe and change. I'll be waiting in my tent."

Yan Xirui clumsily tried to play along as she had seen in illustrated storybooks. She planned to steal his command token and escape when his guard was down, never realizing he had already set a trap.

Amid the bedding and pillows, the once-beautiful girl's face was blasted gray with soot. Her seduction failed, and the young man tied her up like a dumpling and bound her to a tree.

Watching his wicked smile, Yan Xirui decided to try again, determined to assassinate him and satisfy her hatred.

The next night, she returned to his tent. The candles went out, leaving her unable to see a thing. All she could hear was the splash of someone bathing and the rustle of a man putting on his clothes.

Before she could see clearly, Yan Xirui wrapped her arms around the man's strong waist from behind, pressing her cool cheek against his back.

With a few gentle words and coaxing caresses, she drew the sharp knife from her sleeve and prepared to press it against the man's firm stomach.

"Look carefully. Do you know who I am?"

Thunder rumbled in winter, and lightning lit the tent. When she met those sharp, hawklike eyes, her knees gave way and cold sweat poured down her face.

Prince Yin, Lin Chenyuan, was a powerful minister of Great Zhou, feared by all. Ruthless and adept at political maneuvering, his ambition grew as he approached thirty, and he seized control of the imperial court, ruling as regent.

A man so mercurial that even the concubines in his household, though they held the title, never dared approach him. As a result, he had only one son, Lin Ningxi, even as he reached thirty.

But power was intoxicating, and father and son could not escape suspicion. They were cordial on the surface, but at odds beneath it.

Seeing the young woman fight desperately to survive, he decided to send her to Lin Ningxi's bed as a spy.

The girl was clever and beautiful, but still young and inexperienced. So he personally taught her to ride and shoot, to defend herself with martial arts, and how to beguile people, how to kiss and caress, and how to... perform.

As time passed, he saw the girl developing feelings for him. Again and again, he warned her that she was nothing but his pawn, weapon, and plaything, and that falling for him would end badly.

The girl pouted and blinked her watery eyes. Soon, she returned to her usual obedient manner. "This servant will remember your teachings, godfather."

In the first year of Chengping, the Lin clan toppled the imperial court, and Prince Yin, Lin Chenyuan, ascended the throne. But on that very day, news arrived that his son's concubine had died suddenly.

He rushed there that night, but all that remained for him was a cold corpse.

In the dead of night, he dreamed of her and was consumed by longing. Even resorting to the absurd practice of summoning her soul at the cost of his own life could not bring back the lovely young woman.

Then, during a discreet inspection of the countryside, he saw Yan Xirui, dressed as a village woman, rubbing her swollen belly while a young man crouched beside her, massaging her legs.

A shadow darkened his eyes. "A Rui, don't you recognize your godfather? Come here. I'll say this only once."

The young man shielded his pregnant wife and gritted his teeth. "Father, I have given up the fight for the throne. But when it comes to A Xi and our child, I will never back down."

The man looked at the innocent young couple and sneered disdainfully. "Is that so? Then let's see."

Reading Guide:

1. Neither the heroine nor the male lead is a virgin. A father steals his son's concubine. An old flame is rekindled. The male lead is an absolute dog, but after the heroine appears, he is devoted to her alone. If you dislike this, don't read.

2. The heroine is clearheaded and has never loved the male lead. Everything in the blurb is an act. She only uses the father and son to restore her country.

3. A tragic love story full of hatred. Very, very, very old-school!

Theme: Turn the tables against the odds and keep striving.