The Concubine's Domain: My Lord, Enter at Your Own Risk!

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They say he never forgives a grudge, commanding the clouds with his left hand and the rain with his right.

They say he has a tender heart, but only for the woman who was once a palace maid.

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She was a modern-day assassin. In a single moment, she transmigrated and became a princess of a fallen kingdom.

He grabbed her slender wrist and smiled wickedly. “Cutting your wrist? That’s so unimaginative. Let me teach you how someone like you should do it.”

His hand rose, and the blade fell.

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His hatred ran deep. He resorted to the vilest means in the world, all to awaken her memories of a past life.

She was filled with grievances. She tried every painful, heart-rending method she could, just to tell him she was a lonely soul from another world.

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“This king has swallowed the male Gu, and you’ve swallowed the female Gu. For the rest of your life, you can’t get more than a thousand zhang away from me. If you go even a fraction beyond that, you’ll wish you were dead!”

When they met again, she stood atop the city walls of her fallen kingdom, dancing in flowing robes with poise and grace, breathtakingly beautiful.

Clad in armor, he pushed off with his toes and soared through the air, stepping over the helmets of thousands of soldiers before landing lightly behind her. “Why is it you?”

The woman turned around with a radiant smile. “As long as the heart is free of Gu, what is there to fear from having Gu in the body?”