[A Dashing, Upright Assassin VS the Gentle and Refined Chancellor]
You’ve entrusted me with your life, your fortune, and your affection. I won’t let you lose!
The story of Xie Runiang, the fearsome assassin of the martial world, who willingly lays down her weapons to win the man of her dreams.
For years, Xie Runiang was a terrifying assassin whose name struck fear throughout the martial world. Then, two years ago, word got out that she planned to retire. No one believed it. But before long, she truly vanished from the martial world, and only then did everyone believe the rumors.
Xie Runiang was originally Xie Qingru, the legitimate third daughter of the Minister of Revenue. She had followed Daoist Qingyun in practicing martial arts and the Dao since childhood, and had also used the alias Xie Runiang to champion justice throughout the martial world.
Later, Xie Qingru fell in love with someone: the current chancellor, a gentle and refined man who treated everyone with courtesy and warmth. She carried him in her heart and couldn’t forget him for three years.
Xie Qingru knew he liked women skilled at needlework, so she learned it for him. Even after pricking herself countless times, she never considered giving up. When she learned he liked women with a gift for poetry, she began studying Tang poetry, Song ci, and regulated verse in five- and seven-character lines for his sake. She followed him around all day, ignoring the mockery of the capital’s women.
It wasn’t until the day she saw him place a hairpin in another woman’s hair with his own hands that Xie Qingru realized that all these years, she had been chasing an impossible dream…
