After Raising the Unhinged, Powerful Minister

[Alluring, Clear-Headed Merchant's Daughter * Ruthless, Sincere High Minister] (A younger brother inherits his elder brother's widow)

In her previous life, after being widowed, Shen Qiongju eloped to become another man's concubine, only to die at the hands of her brother-in-law. In this life, she is determined to remain a widow, believing the title of "elder sister-in-law" to be her shield from death. Instead, it becomes her greatest trouble.

The young Pei Xiang speaks his mind: "Would you marry me, sister-in-law?"

Shen Qiongju is so alarmed that she flees south that very night.

Six months later, in a small pavilion in Jiangnan, Shen Qiongju smiles as she watches two handsome male courtesans pour her wine.

Pei Zhihui arrives through the rain in his official robes, suppressed madness surging in his eyes. "So you like gentle, attentive men like these... Zhihui can be that way too."

That night, the crimson official robe that symbolizes his power lies in a disordered heap on the floor. His scorching palm grips her slender waist, and his voice is hoarse:

"Sister-in-law, you taught me that when you grant a favor, you should expect repayment. Now I have come to claim mine."

When her elder brother returns from the dead, Pei Zhihui shields his sister-in-law, dressed in her wedding gown, behind him. His eyes hold a determination he has never shown before:

"Elder brother, sister-in-law is mine now."