Falling into His Hands

Five years later, when Lu Jianshen saw Shen Mingxi again in a border town, the eldest daughter of the Shen family, once famed throughout the capital for her beauty, was dressed in a plain cloth skirt and wore wooden hairpins. Her cool, detached air alone made people hesitate to approach her. The times had changed, and a radiant pearl had fallen from its heights. At last, he could keep her by his side and protect her... After a devastating turn of fortune, Shen Mingxi went from being the daughter of a high-ranking minister to an ordinary commoner. Her entire family moved to the northwest, where she found not the poverty and warfare she expected, but a man named Lu Jianshen...

Author's note: "This is a story about a rough commoner who falls hopelessly in love with a fallen young lady! It's super sweet, with a little angst for the male lead!"