Old-school melodrama / Both pure / Coercive possession / The pursuit of a wife after driving her away
Clear-headed beauty x rebel general
A Yun was the legitimate daughter of the city lord, born to noble status and blessed with a face like jade.
Then the rebels breached the city gates, burning, killing, and looting as they went. Her mother pushed A Yun into the crowd of refugees, but amid the panicked flight, she became separated from her younger brother.
She could have fled alone, the golden lock belonging to her brother clutched in her palm. Instead, she resolutely turned back. Amid the flames and flying arrows, she watched the deputy general seize her brother and slam him to the ground, demanding to know who he was.
A Yun hid the golden lock among the corpses by the roadside, then deliberately let herself be captured and admitted her identity, successfully saving her brother.
At that moment, a sharp gaze from behind made her wince with pain.
A tall, armored man rode up on horseback and looked down at her against the light. His voice was grim. "You're the city lord's daughter?"
Blood still hot from his blade dripped onto her face.
A Yun looked without blinking at the executioner who had ordered the city massacred: Xiao Ting.
Seeing the hatred in her eyes, Xiao Ting suddenly chuckled. He bent down, grabbed her, and hauled her up beside his horse. Riding swiftly around the field, he cried, "The old fool Qin En knew he couldn't win and killed himself. His daughter will be offered to everyone at tonight's victory banquet."
A Yun slowly shook her head at her struggling younger brother.
That night, she endured the humiliation, swallowed her blood and tears, and climbed into Xiao Ting's bed.
Pingcheng fell. Xiao Ting, a rebel general, heard that A Yun, a prisoner of war, was the city lord's most beloved daughter. He planned to reward his troops with her, then sacrifice her before they attacked the next city.
He thought that as the city lord's daughter, A Yun would meet death with aloof pride. He never expected her to climb into his bed of her own accord, putting on an utterly seductive display.
After that night, Xiao Ting took her into his tent and kept her as a plaything for his leisure.
He mocked A Yun for her shamelessness, laughing that a noblewoman like her let herself be toyed with by anyone, just like a camp prostitute.
After the former dynasty fell, Xiao Ting was rewarded for his achievements and became the King of Xuan, ruling a vast territory. A Yun's status did not change in the slightest. She remained the most despised person in the household, someone anyone could bully.
Xiao Ting was soon to take a princess consort. Before the wedding, he stroked A Yun's dewy red lips and sneered, "Since you're so eager to serve me in bed, once the princess consort arrives, I can make you a concubine."
A Yun bowed deeply before him, expressing her gratitude.
But the next day, A Yun disappeared, along with a nameless servant boy from the household.
Only then did Xiao Ting learn that A Yun had offered herself to him not because she coveted his wealth and power, but to protect the younger brother who had survived the war.
That woman, who had always been so compliant, had dared to betray him.
Wearing his bright red wedding robes, Xiao Ting charged out of the prince's residence and galloped off in a fury. His eyes bloodshot, he searched for her like a madman along the road.
He would capture A Yun with his own hands, the woman who had dared to deceive and toy with him.
The torture instruments in the room were all ready. Once A Yun was caught, he would force her to reveal every last secret.
But he did not know that in the end,
her supple softness would become a blade of steel, cutting him to the quick.
Cradling that cold, indifferent face, he made a fervent wish:
He did not want the world. He wanted A Yun.
Theme: Face setbacks with determination and win a brighter future.
