Marrying into a Powerful Family for the Second Time, the Cold and Aloof Official Dotes on Her to the Bone

Jiang Lingwei and Ji Xun had been married for only two years, yet the childhood sweethearts had already become a bitterly estranged couple.

After their decisive divorce, she took her parents back to their old home in Jinling.

Unexpectedly, they were attacked as soon as they left the capital. Her former teacher, Cui Dan, came to her rescue and proposed a deal.

She would enter the marquis's residence as a maid, and he would protect the Jiang family.

Half threat, half temptation, Jiang Lingwei had no choice.

Once inside, she learned that more than ten maids lived in Cui Dan's courtyard without having to do any work. One could shoot arrows, another excelled at chess, and one simply loved eating osmanthus cakes...

As for her, she could shoot arrows, excelled at chess, and loved osmanthus cakes, but all she had to do was serve as a decoration.

Cui Dan treated her coldly, and all she wanted was a chance to leave.

Until one day, she accidentally trespassed into a secret chamber in Cui Dan's study and discovered it was filled with portraits of her from the days when she had studied under him disguised as a boy...

Cui Dan had a secret: when he was young, he fell in love with his own student.

She disguised herself as a boy, and he pretended not to know. He taught her to read and shoot arrows, all the while concealing his love.

Then news of her death reached him, and he went mad, collecting women who resembled her.

One of them looked more like her than the rest, so much so that she seemed to be her...