A’Yuan was a famous shouma from Yangzhou, born with skin as fair as jade and beauty as radiant as peaches and plums. With every frown and smile, she could captivate anyone’s soul. Later, she was sold into the Anning Marquis Manor and caught the eye of Madam Wei, who assigned her to be a bedchamber servant for the heir, Wei Xun.
Wei Xun, the Heir of the Anning Marquis, was a cold and indifferent man. Throughout his life, he loathed the practice of favoring concubines over the legitimate wife. Although he took A’Yuan into his rear court, he rarely stepped foot into her courtyard.
Knowing her humble status, A’Yuan did not dare to ask for too much and served her master with utmost care.
As time went on, Wei Xun saw that his little bedchamber servant was most obedient and well-behaved. Pity began to stir in his heart, and he promised her that once the heir’s consort married into the house, she could stop taking the contraceptive soup and bear a child.
A’Yuan agreed with apparent joy, but a string remained taut in her heart.
It wasn’t until the future consort suddenly targeted her, forcing her to kneel in the snow for six hours in thin clothing, that the string in A’Yuan’s heart finally snapped.
She had to escape!
Initially, Wei Xun thought A’Yuan was just a plaything. He believed that once he married his primary wife, he would grant A’Yuan a formal status and keep her safely in the rear court; she wouldn’t require much of his concern.
Later, when news of A’Yuan’s death arrived, Wei Xun coughed up a mouthful of blood from his very heart. It felt as though a great hole had been pierced through his chest, leaving it hollow…
