[Trial marriage + concubine-born daughter + palace intrigue + marquis’s widowed wife + emperor’s unattainable first love + femme fatale]
I became my legitimate elder sister’s trial-marriage maid, and got my wish by climbing into the marquis’s bed.
After he had his way with me all night, he treated me like a treasure. But when I removed my veil, my ugly face made him retch in fear.
I became the laughingstock of the marquis’s household. Even the maid sent by my elder sister insulted me to my face.
“You’re nothing but a lowborn bastard. How dare you touch our young lady’s future husband?”
She viciously shoved me into the icy lake, unaware that the water would wash away my disguise and reveal my peerless beauty. The marquis fell for me at first sight and could no longer resist me.
The maid froze to death in the lake, while the marquis spoiled me endlessly and swore he would marry no one but me.
Little did anyone know that I had never wanted just a marriage.
Elder sister, making me your trial-marriage maid was the most fatal mistake of your life!
Minister, First Madam, elder sister, eldest brother, you killed my mother and tried to take my life. Not one of you will escape!
