The Pampered Maid of a Great House Rises to Become Its Mistress

[Fragile, pure-hearted beauty vs. smiling, scheming madman of a young lord] Jiang Wan came from a poor family and had been sickly since birth. Fortunately, she was beautiful, too. But her family couldn’t afford to support her, and after her father took a second wife, they began thinking of selling her as a concubine. With nowhere else to turn, she steeled herself and threw propriety to the wind, deciding to find a buyer for herself. Her standards were high: he had to be handsome, come from a respectable family, and have no wife or concubines. Yet not a single man in the great city of Jinguan fit the bill, until she met Xie Wang, who was just passing through. She promptly clung to him. * Xie Wang always thought the delicate flower he’d taken in was pure of heart. She came from the countryside, was frail, and couldn’t survive without him. Until one day, the Emperor arranged a marriage for him. On their wedding day, his delicate flower packed up her belongings and ran away...