Taking a Concubine

**This story is complete. Currently editing and catching typos. Feel free to check it out, darlings~** My new story next door, *Rushing for the Funeral*, is now live. It's related to folk horror. Interested darlings can take a look~ In her youth, Yu Shu was spirited and ambitious, basking in admiration and glory. Yet, when it was time for her to marry, her family was convicted of a crime—the men were beheaded, and the women were exiled. The once precious and noble young lady became a criminal exile overnight. On the way to the borderlands, she saw a lady sitting in an exquisite carriage, draped in a priceless fur coat, with phoenix eyes and holding a white jade smoking pipe. Her gaze was...