[The Tiger Girl of the General's Gate × The Secret Agent of the Imperial City, a sincere game under the disguise of marriage]
Gu Yuan, the legitimate daughter of Daning Houfu, only learned two things before she was twelve years old: riding a horse and fighting.
Until that spring day, she chased a white fox into the valley and met a young man playing the piano by the stream.
He looked up at her and smiled slightly. She lowered her head - covered in mud and extremely embarrassed.
That was the first time she felt ashamed.
From then on, she put away her riding crop and trained herself from a border girl to the standard appearance of a noble lady in the capital, just to be worthy of him.
The imperial edict of marriage was issued, and she happily married into the capital.
After marriage, he was gentle and considerate, and she thought she was the luckiest person in the world.
But she didn't know that the chance encounter was a plan, that the white fox was released by him, and that the marriage was a pawn used by the emperor to contain her father.
That square green bamboo handkerchief has been the hunter's bait from the beginning.
Until she found the secret message in his study:
"Gu Yuan, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Daning, can be used as a hostage."
She locked the hosta he gave her into her makeup box, locking up her five-year disguise.
In front of others, he is a gentle gentleman; behind others, he is the sword of the Imperial City. In front of people, she is a dignified and noble girl; behind people, she is the daughter of a general who wants to protect the whole family.
That night when the lie was exposed, she asked him:
"Have you ever been half sincere to me?"
He was silent for a long time: "In the beginning it was a plan, but later... Every day is my own choice."
Later, when the Hou Mansion was framed, he stood in front of her and was covered in blood. She hugged him and he whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
——He saw her first appearance and accompanied her to the end.
He remembered the girl chasing the white fox from the beginning.
