How to Drive a Beauty on a High Peak to Madness

[Bewitching Beauty x Untouchable Nobleman]

When Yu Man first fell in love, she had someone in her heart. But after he learned of her feelings, he politely kept his distance from her, and eventually died in battle.

Gu Juezhou was the second son of a marquis. After his elder brother died, he inherited the title and became heir to the marquisate. He was peerlessly handsome, noble and aloof, with a bright future stretching before him.

On the day Yu Man first arrived in the capital from Yangzhou, she lifted the curtain of her sedan chair and saw a young man on horseback, graceful and dashing. She was surprised that the two brothers looked so much alike.

A substitute had fallen right into her lap, and she began to think she wanted to marry him.

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Gu Juezhou disliked Yu Man. She was dazzlingly beautiful and delicate, attracting suitors and curious inquiries from all over the capital.

But Gu Juezhou knew that Yu Man liked him very much.

She sought out an excellent bow for him and secretly kept a portrait of him in her chambers, stirring up gossip throughout the capital.

Until, at a banquet, she drank wine spiked with passion, and her dark skirts and jeweled sash trailed across the floor.

Yu Man wept and insisted on returning to Yangzhou, but Gu Juezhou appeared on horseback and blocked her way home.

Riding against the light, he frowned. "Who said I wouldn't marry you?"

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After marrying him, Yu Man got her wish and enjoyed a comfortable life for a while.

Until one day, she found a jade pendant in his study, apparently a love token from another woman. Furious and aggrieved, Yu Man thought he couldn't hold a candle to his elder brother!

Gu Juezhou had intended to take their marriage lightly, but his lively and beautiful wife, and their harmonious life together, gradually softened his manner toward her.

Until one day, he saw the portrait his wife was rumored to keep hidden. The man in it wasn't him, but his long-deceased elder brother!

Shocked, he hurried back to their room, only to find her glaring at him in a fury.

Yu Man snapped, "Now that you know, we can get a divorce. You and him are nothing alike except for your looks!"

The usually proud and haughty darling of the heavens swayed on his feet.

Not long afterward, the eldest son of the Gu family, who was supposed to have died five years ago, suddenly returned.

That night in their room, Gu Juezhou pinned her to the bed, his eyes bloodshot as he clutched her waist and pressed against her. His voice was low and trembling. "Open your eyes and look at me. I'm no worse than my elder brother."

#If he doesn't intervene, she's afraid she'll become his sister-in-law#

P.S. After marriage, the heroine has no feelings for the elder brother. Saying she wants a divorce is just a quarrel between a young married couple; they don't actually split up.

Pre-release: The Woman Cherished by Her Husband in Turn

Xie Yunliu, the daughter of a high-ranking official, was engaged to Lu Heng, the eldest son of a duke.

But she thought him stiff, self-restrained, and no fun at all. She had even considered breaking off the engagement.

Her cousin and her husband were deeply in love, so Xie Yunliu asked her about it. Her cousin gave her a knowing smile. "A high nose, long fingers, pink knuckles, and a considerate nature. When you marry, Ah Liu, choose someone like that."

During an outing, Xie Yunliu's carriage accidentally collided with the Duke's sedan. A slender, well-proportioned hand with pink knuckles lifted the curtain. The man inside was strikingly handsome: it was Lu Heng.

Lu Heng politely apologized to her. Xie Yunliu answered aloud, but her eyes were sizing him up from head to toe: ...I never would have guessed.

She changed her mind. On her wedding day, Xie Yunliu climbed into the bridal sedan, her little face turning yellow, no, red.

-

Who could have guessed that on their wedding night, Lu Heng, slightly drunk, would gently tell her they should take their time and build their feelings first, that there was no need to rush? He had no intention of consummating their marriage.

Xie Yunliu was shocked and disappointed. In a moment of irrational impulse, she picked up a painting from her dowry and secretly hid beneath the covers.

But she never expected her husband to return, suddenly turning wicked. She was held down on the bright red wedding quilt all night, and only fell asleep at dawn, her legs trembling.

She discovered her husband's secret. Every night, he seemed to become a different person, bringing her wave after wave of pleasure.

Until one day, her husband's mesmerized eyes suddenly cleared. As he looked at everything before him, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

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Lu Heng had a new wife, and he liked her very much. But he knew she wasn't entirely satisfied with him.

So on their wedding night, he restrained himself. He wanted to wait until she liked him too before they truly became husband and wife.

But things gradually began to seem strange. The odd sensations he felt every morning when he woke, and the increasingly clinging way Xie Yunliu looked at him, both made Lu Heng feel that something was wrong.

Other than his parents and closest family, no one knew he had suffered from an illness as a child. There was another self inside him, with a volatile and violent temperament. Medication had kept it under control, and it hadn't emerged to cause trouble for years. All the doctors said he was cured.

Later, when he learned the truth, he even asked Xie Yunliu in a trembling voice which of them could make her feel more comfortable and happy.

Theme: As heaven's movement is ever vigorous, so should a gentleman ceaselessly strive for self-improvement