A Blade Hidden in the Icy Strings

Name: A Blade Hidden in the Icy Strings
Author: Schlesinger

冰弦藏刃

by Schlesinger (史莱辛格)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 213k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Palace & Household Intrigue
Updated: 9mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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The night the Empress Dowager saved me, the silk-rending notes of the konghou fell silent. Three years later, I entered the general’s residence as a musician. The notes I plucked and brushed from the strings were now a murder song tempered in the flames of hatred. Xiao Yu listened from behind the curtain, entranced, and did not notice the wine spilling over his brocade robe. Suddenly, he seized the hand playing the instrument. “Your technique reminds me of someone.” I smiled and asked who, but he fell silent. Then, one night, I sneaked into a secret chamber, and the light of the fire flared up. He raised his sword and tore open my collar, revealing the protective golden seal the Empress Dowager had branded onto me all those years ago.

“The entire Shen family was executed. Why were you the only one left alive?”

Bloodstained evidence lay spread across the table. Whose name was written among the enemies?

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