Trapped in a Bandit Stronghold’s Web of Desire, I’m Taken by a Tyrant in Disguise

[Beautiful and Fierce + Possessive Pursuit + Rivalry Among Suitors]

Jiang Zao's husband and daughter were kidnapped by bandits on their way to take up a post in the capital.

The night the news reached Lingnan, she grabbed a pair of scissors and went alone to the bandits' hideout. She'd been following her parents around chopping wood and slaughtering pigs since she was a child.

A beautiful woman out in the wilderness.

Naturally, she was bound and dragged inside.

She planned to use her beauty to win the bandits over, then work with the authorities to take them down from within.

But things inside were a little different from what she'd imagined. Every bandit chief was a rare beauty.

What surprised her even more was how much they all seemed to fall for her charms. Their gazes grew more and more wolfish by the day.

Jiang Zao figured they'd lose their heads once the authorities showed up, so she wasn't worried. She even went out of her way to drive wedges between them.

Fights broke out, some were injured, others maimed. She left the bandits' hideout in utter chaos.

By the time the authorities stormed the place, she'd already made a graceful getaway with her husband and daughter.

Half a month later, a summons arrived from the capital.

She entered the palace in a daze, only to see those familiar faces again in the great hall. Her legs nearly gave way...

In a secluded palace hall, the man wrapped an arm around Jiang Zao's waist and sat her on his lap. With his other hand, he pinched her cheek.

"How about I promote your husband to fifth rank?"

"If you don't like that, he can just stop living."

Jiang Zao would later regret her decision to enter the palace more than once.