The Duke's Pampered Slave

Song Jinyin spent eight years by Pei Yanzhou’s side. At fifteen, she became the heir apparent’s bedchamber maid, and now she is only sixteen. Over those eight years, she went from the daughter of an official to a registered slave, lost her pride, took the blame for a crime, and became completely estranged from Pei Yanzhou. Yet though he hates her, he has never been willing to let her go. With help from an old friend, she eventually escapes the Duke’s estate. The noble, aloof heir apparent seems to go completely mad, abandoning an imperial edict and searching every corner of the capital.

At first, he cannot understand his own heart. He lets his hatred grow, swearing to drag Song Jinyin down with him. Later, he finally finds her, but that day, he comes within a hair’s breadth of dying beneath her indifferent gaze.