The Husband Who Left Me with His Child Wants Me as a Concubine

The rumor that Lu Jinshi was cursed to bring her husbands to an early grave had spread throughout the city. With her twentieth birthday approaching, no one dared marry her. After people mocked her as an old maid, Lu Jinshi came up with a bold idea: pick a handsome young scholar from her family's academy, borrow his seed, and raise the child without the father. She chose Rong Yi, a peerlessly handsome young scholar, and got her wish: they became lovers for a night, and she gave birth to a son. Before she could get rid of the child's cheap father, she received word that her grandfather was gravely ill. She had to return to Chang'an to see her grandfather, the Marquis of Yongxing, off on his final journey. Rong Yi also said that an elder of his was nearing the end of his days, and that he had to hurry back to Chang'an to see them off. So Lu Jinshi and Rong Yi went to Chang'an together. As soon as they arrived, Lu Jinshi got settled in. Then Rong Yi told her he would take her to meet his parents the next day and give her a formal place in his family. Just as Lu Jinshi was wondering whether she should give Rong Yi a place in her life, she heard that the position he had in mind was that of a concubine... Rong Yi said, “Jinshi, my father has already arranged another marriage for me. I can only take you as a concubine. Since you bore me my firstborn son, I can make you a secondary consort...” Before Rong Yi could finish, Lu Jinshi had him thrown out of her home. What kind of topsy-turvy nonsense was this? The man she had planned to keep only for his child actually dared to ask her to be his concubine? Then, at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet... Lu Jinshi saw the Seventh Prince, whom her stepsister had praised as a man without equal in all the world... And only then did she realize that the donor of her child's seed was a prince of the imperial family!