The Little Maid is Sweet and Docile, the Ascetic Heir’s Heart Races

[Both leads pure, estate and palace scheming, slow-burn development, tsundere Heir x cunning Bedchamber Maid who plays the fool] In Youli’s fifth year at the Marquis’s Estate, she had risen from the lowest rank of scullery maid to become the most favored Chief Maid serving the Heir of Marquis Yongan, reaching a small pinnacle in her career as a servant. She was well-satisfied with such a life and dared not harbor grander ambitions. Her plan was to diligently save money, redeem her own freedom one day, leave the estate to marry, and become the lady of an ordinary household—taking charge of her own life for once. However, a single night of passion unexpectedly turned her into the Heir’s little Bedchamber Maid. The Heir possessed peerless grace and exceptional young talent. He was already a Licentiate at the age of twelve, and by fifteen, he had become the youngest Recommended Candidate in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was the most brilliant jewel of the Marquis’s Estate, praised by all as the reincarnation of the Star of Literary Eminence, enjoying an incomparably noble status. Yet, it was this very man—aloof, arrogant, as detached and ascetic as a fallen immortal—who had bedded his Chief Maid. For Youli, becoming a little Bedchamber Maid meant it would be difficult to rise any further. The Heir promised her the status of a Concubine in the future. After some thought, Youli figured that with his illustrious background and promising future, it was by no means a losing bargain for her. She worked diligently, managing his courtyard and taking charge of his shops along the way, counting money until her hands grew weary. Meanwhile, the way the Heir looked at her became increasingly strange. Aside from the position of principal wife, he gave her everything he could possibly offer… Youli was content, but then she heard of a concubine in another family forced to become a Buddhist nun by the legal wife; Next, she witnessed a concubine in her own estate dying from a miscarriage brought on by harsh maltreatment; And now, the Heir was about to wed a noble lady of an illustrious clan… Caressing her one-month-pregnant belly, Youli realized that while being a concubine in a noble family had its perks, her life was ultimately more important. So, she packed up her savings and ran. Little did she expect that the cold, detached man would suddenly go mad, practically turning Shangjing City upside down to find her… — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Little Maid is Sweet and Docile, the Ascetic Heir’s Heart Races — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠