Robes White as Snow

That year, the snow fell heavily over Jiankang. On a corpse-strewn road, Princess Li Lingyue found the Third Young Master of the Xie family, who looked ready to drop dead at any moment. At the time, he sat upright on the broken carriage shaft, his white robes stained with blood. Facing a dripping executioner’s blade, he merely said, “Vulgar.” Li Lingyue thought he was a pedant with no sense of self-preservation. Only later did she learn that he was the sole statesman of Great Yong.