Bow to Thee

Dedicated to the Prince of Huainan of the Jin Dynasty as a concubine, Lu Ruo, the illegitimate daughter of the Lu clan of Wu Commandery, kept half her face veiled, piquing the curiosity of Xie Huaiqing, the legitimate heir of the Xie clan of Chen Commandery, as to whether she was truly a peerless beauty. Noticing this, the Lu clan's patriarch, Lord Lu, immediately demanded that Lu Ruo reveal her face. She complied, removing her veil—only to expose a face covered in festering sores. Enraged, the prince was swiftly placated by Lord Lu, who insisted that Lu Ruo's alluring figure could still serve His Highness. Yet in her past life, Lu Ruo had suffered abuse under the prince, becoming a shared concubine before dying in despair. In this life, she refuses to be any man's concubine—and has instead grown fond of Third Young Master Xie Huaiqing...