After Escaping Her Concubine-Servant Identity, She Becomes Addicted to Making Money

Genre: Historical Romance · Drama

She is a farm girl who, after her father dies, is sold off in one stroke and becomes a fire-tending maid in a marquis's estate.

By a twist of fate, she is forced to follow the marquis's household, which has committed monstrous crimes, into thousand-li exile.

In order to feed this whole family, she suffers a great deal and takes many injuries, all because the marquis's heir promised solemnly that he would marry her and make her the matriarch of the household.

Later, after the charges are cleared and they return to the capital, his mother says, "Be a concubine instead. You don't need to manage the house or attend social gatherings; you can just eat, drink, and enjoy yourself in the residence, carefree and comfortable."

That promise turns out to be nothing but smoke, because the woman his childhood sweetheart and fiancée is waiting for him.

That very night, she takes the silver and leaves.

How ridiculous. Back then, it was you begging me to return to the capital with you.

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During the years in exile, there was always someone trying to pry open the marquis heir's wall.

"Think about it: by the time you're twenty, he'll be nearly thirty, half his body already in the grave."

"Does he have skin as fair as mine, a pretty face, and long legs?"

"I'm young, and my studies aren't bad either."

The handsome and graceful young man teaches her to read, answers her questions, cooks for her, and shields her from blades.

Tears well in her eyes as her fingertips brush the scars on his body.

"Does it hurt?"

"It's been so long that I've long since forgotten, but..."

He leans on her shoulder with a pitiful expression.

"But when your hand touches it, it hurts a lot!"