Chapter 0
I am the mistress of the Marquis’s Manor, serene and detached as a chrysanthemum.
Aside from me, there are two favored concubines in the household.
As the main wife, my daily duties include chanting sutras in the ancestral hall and mediating the disputes between those two concubines. Among them:
The second, Jiaoniang, was born a courtesan, with a naturally seductive air.
The third, Wenniang, is a sweet girl from a modest family, gentle and understanding.
As for my husband, Marquis Wenchang Gu Jinyan, he is accustomed to sleeping with the second and sharing his heart with the third.
With me, however, things are so tepid we may as well be brother and sister.