The Double-Faced Duke's Beloved

The Double-Faced Duke's Beloved Plot:

Su Wantang, a concubine's daughter from the Prime Minister's Mansion, is forced to marry Gu Zhao, the Duke of Beizhen—infamous for "massacring three borders"—to take her legitimate sister's place. On their wedding night, she waits for death with a coffin board, only to find a soft, red-eyed man clinging to her cuff, begging to sleep together. Turns out, Gu Zhao—known as a "living Yama" outside—is a "little milk dog" around her: hiding osmanthus cakes, shielding her from her stepmother's slaps. Just as she basks in this contrasting sweetness, rumors spread that "the Duke will divorce her." But Gu Zhao pulls her into his arms at night: "Those who dare hurt you? I've already sent them to their graves." When the double-faced Duke's "disguise" is uncovered, Su Wantang realizes—she's the "little sugar cake" he's hidden for ten years—the girl who gave him half a piece of osmanthus candy as a child.