On Her Wedding Night, the Unhinged Power Broker Spoiled Her Rotten

On the day Shen Xuejin was forced to marry a spoiled young heir in someone else's place, she hid in the Marquis of Pingnan's residence with her gravely ill mother.

By day, she was cautious and dutiful, copying scriptures and serving tea. By night, she slipped drugs into teacups and made her half-sister suffer the consequences of her own schemes.

Just when she thought she had everything planned, the rain poured down and the newly risen court favorite Huo Nanchi pinned her against a bookshelf in the library.

This top scholar, so cool and proper by day, was the very madman who visited her dreams every night, gripping her waist and saying, "Run away three times, and I'll break three of your bones!"

"Why are you trembling?" Huo Nanchi's lips brushed her earring. He took Shen Xuejin's hand and used it to slash her elder brother's throat, then traced the tear mole at the corner of her eye with bloodstained fingertips. "Now, it's time to call me your husband."