The Noble Power Broker Is a Mad Dog at My Feet

In her previous life, she debased herself, staying by Qi Li's side without asking for a title.

She heard that the far north's authoritarian regime had a way to tame human slaves: while the slave was fully conscious, the master would subdue them by force, then appear to rescue them from their misery. The slave would worship the master as a god. Even if set free, they would return to the master's side of their own accord. It was a way of taming both body and soul.

She went to great lengths to find this method for Qi Li, only for him to use it on her.

Qi Li became a demon, saying, "I'll lock you away, and you'll end up my captive."

In the water dungeon, naked and consumed by shame, she finally understood: Qi Li only wanted an obedient puppet.

Just as she was about to lose herself forever, someone pushed her from a high platform! A sword pierced her head. Death was her escape, but how could she break free of the obedience branded deep in her soul?

When she first met Xie Jin, he was as warm and refined as jade, a gentleman renowned for his indifference to women. All of Yanjing praised him, yet no one knew this bastard was a wolf in sheep's clothing, coveting her beauty and lusting after her body. To keep from being devoured by the beast, she might as well have written "mortal enemies" across her face.

Qi Li's possessiveness and Xie Jin's overbearing devotion were both just ways for men to tame women. She put everything in order and fled without a backward glance, never imagining that the two centers of power in Yanjing would fall into chaos...

Xie Jin pulled her into his arms, his eyes brimming with a love and madness on the verge of spilling over. "No matter what, after a long winter, spring will come. The Su flowers will slowly bloom beneath Jin's care."