“The Treacherous Minister Father Reborn”
“Imperial City Bureau Classified Files: The Living Yama Turns Puppy, A Secret History”
“Shocking! The Imperial City Bureau Chief Is a Wife-Doting Husband”
“The Days the Shi Family Young Miss Was Spoiled Rotten”
[1]
The day after calling out to Baoyu for help, Shi Xiangyun was bought out of her contract by someone. She was sent, contract and all, to the Living Yama of the Imperial City Bureau.
[2]
Gu Qianfan, the Living Yama and chief of the Imperial City Bureau, had no interest in women and was so infamous that even children were afraid of him.
Xiangyun figured Gu Qianfan would probably torture her to death.
[3]
On her first day at his manor, she trembled with fear, then sat down to a tender roast venison leg.
The second day, a roast leg of lamb.
The third day, roast duck.
By the time she finally stopped being afraid, Gu Qianfan held out her contract and asked if she wanted her freedom back.
Xiangyun said, “I do.”
He gave her a hundred strings of cash and let her go.
[4]
On the hundredth day, he stood behind the door of a splendid embroidery shop, holding a pomegranate blossom, and asked if she would marry him.
-Later, Gu Qianfan became known as a man who doted on his wife without restraint, feared his wife, and loved every minute of it.
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Couple: outwardly cold but warm inside, skilled in both letters and arms, jade-faced Yama with a hopeless romantic streak X innocent and adorable, fallen into the world of pleasure, strong and independent young lady
[Content warnings]
The heroine is inexperienced, but the hero is not. One-on-one romance, happy ending, very little angst.
Shi Xiangyun is the heroine. She has a career storyline, but it is not a major focus.
See the author's note in Chapter One for detailed content warnings.
I only watched it because it changed Shi Xiangyun's fate. It would have been better if it could have been earlier 😢