Bedside Bliss

Who in the capital hasn’t heard? The Earl’s manor has two beauties, yet Jiang Miao has spent her life in her elder sister’s shadow. Her mother, lofty and aloof, looks at her with scorn. “Your sister died young, and Tan is still little. As his aunt, it’s your duty to look after him! Go stay with him, and remember, don’t get any ideas you shouldn’t.” Old Madam Xie pulls rank with age. “You little seductress, trying to tempt my son! You’re nothing but a shameless lowlife!” Her brother-in-law is a wolf in human clothing. “Jiang Miao, once you enter my household, you can only be my concubine!” Jiang Miao has had enough! She decides she won’t put up with it anymore! If the world insists on accusing her of seducing men, then she’ll seduce one for real. Jiang Miao hooks a finger into the man’s belt, tears glistening in her eyes. “My lord, save me…” His face is cold as frost. He looks at her as if she were nothing more than a blade of grass beneath his feet. “Why should I?” “Because you’re sick, my lord, and I have the cure…” Later, the man pins Jiang Miao against the wall and kisses her passionately. “Miao’er, you’re my cure. Give yourself to me…” Xie Fengnian returns from the battlefield after earning unmatched military honors and reclaiming his marquis title. He is fated to be a lone star of misfortune. The fiancée his father chose for him while still alive abandoned him long ago, choosing instead to marry into a more powerful family. Then he was wounded and poisoned, and rumors spread that he would never have children. He can’t be bothered to explain. But one woman arrives in the pouring rain. Treated unfairly and set up by others, she still refuses to give up on even the tiniest chance and begs him to save her. The way she looks reminds him of himself as a boy, struggling under the thumb of his second uncle’s family after his parents died young. “Very well.” He smiles, bold and domineering, blazing like a fire. “You chose me, so don’t even think about turning back.”