(Completed + No Time Travel or Rebirth + Chasing Wife to the Crematorium + Slow-Burning Romance + Political Intrigue and Business Battles + Pure Love Warrior)
She was a peasant girl. After her father died, she was sold off and became a kitchen maid at the Marquis’s Mansion.
Through a twist of fate, she was forced to follow the Marquis’s family, who had committed grave crimes, into exile for thousands of miles.
To support the entire family, she endured many hardships and suffered numerous injuries, all because the Marquis Mansion’s Eldest Son had made a solemn promise to marry her and make her the Mistress of the Household.
Later, when the charges were cleared and they returned to the capital, His Mother said, “Be a Noble Concubine. You won’t have to manage the household or socialize. Just eat, drink, and enjoy yourself in the mansion—a life of leisure and ease.”
The promise turned to dust, all because his Childhood Sweetheart Fiancée was waiting for him.
That very night, she took the silver and left.
How laughable—back then, it was you who begged me to return to the capital with you.
——
During those years in exile, someone had been trying to steal the Shizi’s girl.
“Think about it. By the time you’re twenty, he’ll be nearly thirty—half buried already.”
“Does he have fair skin, good looks, and long legs like I do?”
“I’m young, and my scholarship isn’t bad either.”
The Handsome and Elegant Young Man taught her to read, answered her questions, cooked for her, and even took a knife for her.
With tears in her eyes, she traced her fingers over the scars on his body.
“Does it hurt?”
“It’s been too long; I’d almost forgotten. But…”
Putting on a pitiful expression, he leaned against her shoulder.
“But with your touch, it hurts terribly!”
