After the Maid Ran Away, the Cold General Lost His Composure

[A strict, celibate general x a courtesan who looks alluring and seductive but is actually clever and honest] [Powerful man lowers his head + ruthless pursuit + groveling to win her back] Su Qiqi was beautiful and alluring, with superb singing, dancing, and musical skills. She was the newly chosen star courtesan of the Hundred Blossoms House. On the very first night she appeared, the general's younger brother paid a fortune to bring her into his residence. But barely had she stepped inside before the general's younger brother landed in prison for causing trouble. Su Qiqi thought she had secured a place for herself for the rest of her life, where she could live peacefully in the general's residence. But Gu Yuzhe, the general stationed at the border, was suddenly summoned back to the capital. The first thing he did after entering the residence was put the inner household in order. “Have someone sell off all those women who don't belong here.” Su Qiqi was the lowest-ranking among those women, and she really didn't want to be thrown out. She gathered her courage and slipped into Gu Yuzhe's room at night, wearing a red gauze dress that left her graceful figure tantalizingly visible. With eyes like silk, she could only hope to win the general's pity. But the general was cold-hearted and unmoved by such tricks. She begged and pleaded until she was reluctantly allowed to stay as a lowly maid. She thought she could get by if she kept her head down and did her work. But why was the general looking at her in an increasingly strange way... Later, when the Old Madam arranged a marriage for her, he rushed over to steal her away!