[Bewitching Widow x Aloof Buddhist Monk]
He Lanzhi was as graceful as a willow and as charming as a flower, with beauty beyond compare. But because her father was desperate to curry favor with the powerful, she was forced to marry a man who died young. Just three days later, she was a widow.
Her mother-in-law blamed her for her short-lived husband's death, called her a husband-killer, and tried to force her to join him in death with a length of white silk!
Praying to the gods and Buddha did no good, so He Lanzhi decided to go all in and cling to the aloof Buddhist monk who had come to perform a ritual.
"Little Master, please save me."
The monk was supposed to renounce love and desire, but as he watched the delicate widow, his heart stirred and he could no longer restrain himself.
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Word had it that the young widow from the Chancellor's residence had cried until her eyes were red these past few days. So overwhelmed with grief that she couldn't get out of bed for three days and nights, she had become the subject of ridicule among the capital's gossips.
Yet as soon as they got close, they heard the hoarse voice of the disgraced Crown Prince, who had long since retreated from the secular world: "Little temptress, relax..."
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