Lure Her into His Tent, and the Mad Power Minister Won't Let Her Escape

[Male Lead Has No Past Relationships, Groveling Chase, Male Rivals, Forced Marriage]

A captivating young widow vs. an aloof, untouchable beauty driven mad by love

Everyone said Su Shiyuan was blessed beyond measure to marry Lu Ci.

She'd originally been engaged to the eldest son of the Lu family's concubine-born branch, but before they could wed, he left for the battlefield and was never heard from again.

Less than six months later, she married the most esteemed man in Youzhou City.

Lu Ci came from a powerful family. Cold and abstinent, he was an untouchable beauty and the perfect match countless women in Youzhou City could only dream of.

But only Su Shiyuan knew that their five years of marriage had been a living hell for her.

Lu Ci was a madman.

He hated her to the core, convinced she'd ruined his chances of marrying his one true love.

Five years of coldness, five years of torment.

Even on the night their only daughter died tragically, he stayed by his true love's side, blind to Su Shiyuan's despair.

Su Shiyuan died with hatred in her heart in a raging fire.

When she opened her eyes again, she had been reborn.

She wanted none of this ill-fated marriage, none of this heart she could never warm.

She willingly stepped aside, letting him be with his true love, and left the Lu family without looking back.

But the moment she turned to leave, the proud young lord of Youzhou fell to his knees, eyes bloodshot as he desperately begged her to stay.

"A Yuan, don't go. Give me one more chance."

Su Shiyuan blinked her pretty almond-shaped eyes, her expression cool and distant. "Second Master, please behave yourself."

In our past life, you treated me like trash. Now I've let you have your way, so why can't you let me go?