[A scheming, wronged noblewoman x a brooding, cold regent]
Once the jewel of Yunzhou, now a criminal accused of treason.
Her whole family was framed and executed. Yin Yan watched with her own eyes as the head of the woman she had been impersonating fell to the ground.
She tore up the letter that could have helped her escape under a false name, then turned and made her way into her enemy’s residence.
The regent, Qin Ye, appeared to have been close to her father, yet had coldly watched the Yin family fall.
In plain clothes, she curries horses and feeds them hay. By day, she is A Lian, the lowliest stable hand in the prince’s residence.
But after dark, that supposedly woman-shunning prince pins her deep inside the waterside pavilion and takes her as he pleases.
He showers her with gold, silver, and jewels, yet begrudges her even a title.
Yin Yan grits her teeth in hatred: You sanctimonious hypocrite. I’ll tear your heart out sooner or later, then grind it up and feed it to the dogs!
At last, he hides her away in his heavily guarded study, making her his secret captive, kept from the light.
But the cat she cares for accidentally tumbles into the arms of a gentle man.
That face... is exactly like Qin Ye’s!
"Yan'er?" Qin Yi embraces her, trembling. "I finally found you!"
Yin Yan is struck as if by lightning, and suddenly understands:
The brooding prince who forced himself on her is actually her childhood sweetheart’s... twin brother?!
He knew who she was that night in the waterside pavilion.
He abducted and imprisoned her just to steal the woman his "younger brother" loved!
Should she leave, or stay?
[Reading Guide]
1. A devoted HE with a sinister, slightly unhinged male lead and elements of coercive romance.
2. Twin brothers: a cold, brooding older brother versus a gentle, devoted younger brother.
3. Romance and plot move forward together. The injustice is cleared, and he offers her an empire as her bride price.
Theme: Face love head-on, with fewer tricks
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