A princesa volta com o filho, e o frio e poderoso ministro se arrepende amargamente
A coisa mais louca que Cheng Xueyang já fez foi, antes de deixar a capital, mandar seu guarda secreto amarrar aquele homem e levá-lo ao palácio da princesa, forçando-o a dormir com ela. Ele não a amav
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The spring sunlight was gentle, casting its warmth upon the inner chambers of the Princess’s residence.
Clothes and shoes lay scattered across the floor; a woman’s delicate, fragrant undergarment was draped carelessly over the copper mirror atop the dressing table.
Behind the sheer curtains, two figures were entwined, their shadows flickering in the soft light. The bed rocked violently with their movements, creaking urgently as if it might collapse at any moment.
“Cheng Xueyang, have you no shame—”
“Ah!”
Cheng Xueyang jolted awake, her body slick with sweat, though it was the heart of winter. Returning to this familiar place, she found herself haunted by that wild, reckless day five years ago.
Lying on her bed, she gazed at the chamber—at once familiar and strange. The room remained, but everything else had changed.
As Princess Xuanyun of the Grand Lan Dynasty, she had once used the power of her shadow guards to abduct a newly prominent court official and force him into a night of passion. Anyone who heard the tale would find it beyond belief.
—Just how desperate for a man was this princess?
At the time, Cheng Xueyang cared nothing for others’ opinions. She liked—no, she loved him, loved him to her very core. For Gu Mo, there was nothing she would not do.
But Gu Mo was like a dead lake, a man obsessed with his career, unthawed by any warmth.
He had his ambitions.
To marry a princess would only obstruct his path.
Cheng Xueyang was certain: even if Gu Mo felt the slightest affec