Desatar a veste de seda
Na noite de núpcias, antes mesmo de o véu de casamento de Dou Hongyan ser erguido, ela testemunhou o marido fugir com a maior parte dos bens da mansão do marquês, levando outra mulher consigo. Ela não o deteve, mas, em vez disso, entregou-se a um homem de imenso poder para obter um filho e assumir sozinha o controle da mansão do marquês. De dia, era a respeitada matriarca da mansão; à noite, era levada numa pequena liteira para os recintos profundos e insondáveis do palácio. Assim passaram-se catorze anos. Então, o marido que ela julgava morto voltou, trazendo a família inteira... Antes que Dou Hongyan pudesse agir, o homem por trás dela a pressionou contra o leito, os olhos sombrios tomados por intenção assassina: "Ousas deixar o fruto de este soberano chamar um inimigo de pai?"
Desatar a veste de seda
In the main hall, six rosewood armchairs stood neatly occupied.
The moment Dou Hongyan stepped inside, she saw a woman rise with graceful courtesy and say in a soft, timid voice, “Sister, at last I have seen you. My husband regained his memory a while ago, and only then did I learn that he already had a family. I have been deeply ashamed. Now that I see you living so well, I can finally put my heart at ease.”
As she spoke, a few guilty tears shimmered in her eyes.
Dou Hongyan smiled faintly. Without the slightest trace of haste, she removed the fox-fur cloak worth a fortune from her shoulders, handed it to the serving matron, and took her seat in the place of honor. Only then did she look toward the tall man seated below.
Fourteen years had passed.
His features had changed quite a bit, yet from the outline of his brows and eyes, she could still tell that he truly was the husband who had gone off to war on their wedding night and died halfway there.
This should have been a cause for celebration for the whole family.
But...
She had already borne children in his name with another man.
If he came back now, would everything not be exposed?
Holding the warm hand-warmer in her lap, Dou Hongyan felt chill after chill spread through her heart.
He had faked his death for another woman and taken away most of the family fortune. He deserved to die out there!
And his “dead” return could not have come at a worse time.
Her lover had just been sent by the emperor to command the war in the northern frontier, an
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