Three Years After Breaking Off the Engagement

Shi Ruowei was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, a woman everyone envied.

Her eldest sister was the empress, and her eldest brother was the head of the Nine Pillars of the State, renowned for his military achievements.

Her fiance, Shao Chen, was born with a face as refined as jade and carried himself with impeccable propriety. He was the only son of the Grand Princess, and the youngest top scholar since the founding of Great Yong.

Unfortunately, Shao Chen couldn't stand her. He even broke off their engagement in public.

Then came a palace coup. Prince Pu fought for the throne, and the Shi family, who had supported the crown prince, were massacred. The men were all exiled to the frigid frontier, while the women were stripped of their status and made government courtesans.

Shi Ruowei fell into the world of pleasure and became a government courtesan at the mercy of anyone who wanted to toy with her.

The night before her name was put on the board for wealthy patrons to call on, she was forced into a light-gauze sedan chair and sent to the bed of her former fiance.

She became Shao Chen's despised concubine, and they detested each other. They couldn't stand one another, yet were forced to share a bed every night.

Three years later, the supposedly dead orphan of the deposed crown prince returned to claim the throne, and the Shi family was exonerated. Shi Ruowei was freed from her lowly status and restored to the dignity of a noblewoman from the imperial family.

She rekindled her romance with the heir of the Marquis of Zhenbei, who had earned great merit by supporting the new emperor. After they married, they lived in perfect harmony and made everyone around them envious.

But after getting drunk, the ex-husband who had once discarded her like a worn-out shoe abandoned his gentlemanly restraint and became utterly unhinged.

In the middle of the night, heedless of propriety, he forced himself between her and her husband...

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Blurb written on April 20, 2025.

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