The reigning Grand Secretary, Xie Tanwei, was personally introduced to Tian Qin by her First Wife’s Older Sister when she was seventeen.
Xie Tanwei, despite his youth, was the powerful Grand Secretary. He had been married to her First Wife’s Older Sister for three years without any children.
At that time, Tian Qin was visiting relatives with several other sisters from her family. Her First Wife’s Older Sister enthusiastically made the introduction, and Tian Qin smiled and called him Brother-in-law.
Xie Tanwei was a terrifying man. Standing at the pinnacle of power, he could command the winds and rains with a turn of his hand—a world apart from an Illegitimate Daughter like Tian Qin.
Tian Qin didn’t care. She had a fiancé who had passed the imperial exam and a happy marriage to look forward to. Her encounter with her Brother-in-law was meant to be a fleeting one.
However, after drinking a cup of wine that night, she awoke the next day to find herself lying beside Xie Tanwei.
It turned out her sister, in order to secure his favor, had chosen her to be his concubine. To prevent her from refusing, she had acted first and reported later.
From then on, Tian Qin’s beautiful dreams were shattered. In the dim world of the inner residence, she served as her sister’s substitute, reduced to a tool for bearing children.
The twin babies she fought so hard to give birth to were cruelly taken away and did not recognize their birth mother. Plagued by a serious illness, she eventually died from a hemorrhage.
Reborn, she chooses to escape it all.
On the day of the relatives’ visit, she brings her beloved to Xie Tanwei and says with a smile, “Brother-in-law, this is my fiancé. You must promote him more in the future.”
Xie Tanwei’s dark eyes reflected their images as he smiled faintly.
It wasn’t so easy for a caged bird to fly free.
【Reading Guide】
*Double C/Rebirth/Forceful Seizure/Chasing Wife to the Crematorium/Status Difference/Love-Hate Entanglement/High IQ/Unhinged/Villain/Tug-of-War
*An enhanced, suffocatingly forceful seizure plot. A purely villainous male lead, an unhinged and demonic man. The male lead is the core villain and conflict creator; a tug-of-war dynamic with airtight oppression and the drowning sensation of repeated struggles.
*[A high-IQ court official with the face of a saint and the heart of a viper x A sweet, gentle, and scheming illegitimate younger sister who subtly resists]
Content Tags: Court and Nobility, Wealthy Clans, Broken Mirror Mended, Rebirth, Marriage Before Love, Chasing Wife to the Crematorium
Tian Qin, Xie Tanwei, Upcoming: 《A Maid’s Bones》, Completed: 《The Deceitful Groom》, Completed: 《Lament of the Golden Cage》
