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Jiang Shu was overjoyed to marry into a prestigious noble family. However, her joy turned to distress when her mother in law began pressuring her to produce an heir for the Lu family.
Her husband, the second Lu son, was frail and terminally ill. Forget consummating the marriage simply speaking a full sentence left him gasping for breath.
At first, Jiang Shu tried to brush off her mother in law’s demands. But when the matriarch threatened to issue a letter of divorce and banish her back to her maiden home if she remained childless, Jiang Shu panicked. With trembling hands, she offered a cup of tea laced with aphrodisiacs to the eldest Lu son, Lu Changji.
After their secret encounter, Lu Changji emerged refreshed, while Jiang Shu was left with legs so weak she could barely walk.
When the second son eventually passed away, Jiang Shu decided to move on and marry her childhood sweetheart. On her wedding day, however, Lu Changji abducted her in broad daylight.
Inside a dimly lit room, Lu Changji pressed Jiang Shu against his knees. His expression was dark, his eyes bloodshot with obsession. He was a man who acted with flawless precision; if he hadn’t intentionally left an opening, how could she have managed to “crawl into his bed” time and time again?
Qi Youning was a concubine born daughter stunningly beautiful but a “useless” socialite. She failed at studying, needlework, and chess her days were spent petting cats and gossiping.
Somehow, this “lost cause” married into a Ducal estate and became the wife of Xie Wuluan.
Xie Wuluan was noble, elegant, and peerlessly handsome. Everyone said Youning was beneath him, and Xie Wuluan agreed. Believing she was unfit for high society, he rarely took her to social events. Fortunately, Youning was obedient and stayed in her place, so he was willing to spend his nights in her quarters.
That was until one day, while Xie Wuluan was drinking by a window at a tavern, he looked down.
The newly appointed Top Scholar was parading through the streets on horseback. His “lazy” little wife, who usually couldn’t even be bothered to get out of bed, was squeezed into the crowd, cheering with joy. She gazed at the Scholar with eyes so full of tender affection they could practically melt.
Xie Wuluan’s face darkened as he crushed the jade cup in his hand to dust.
