The Embroidered Uniform Guard's Contract Worker

What's It Like to Be a Contract Worker for the Embroidered Uniform Guard?

Xiao Wanzhuan, a contract worker outside the official ranks of the Northern Commandery.

Solve three cases and capture one person each month. Miss the quota, and your whole family is sentenced to labor.

On her first day at work, the cold-faced Commandant Qin Muyao raps his scabbard on the ground. "The Northern Command doesn't keep dead weight."

The whole department opens a betting pool on whether she'll survive three days.

She redraws the forensic examination forms. Arrows trace the trail of wine stains, while boxes mark fingerprints on the window lattice.

That night, the real culprit climbs over the wall, and half a jade pendant falls from the top. The entwined lotus on its inner side is exactly the same as the logo of the company she worked for before she transmigrated.

The next day, Qin Muyao's vermilion-ink order circulates throughout the Northern and Southern Commands. Only later does she learn that beneath this Commandant of Judicial Review's seal lies a message from the Northern Command's chief: "This person must not be struck from the rolls. - Qin"

Censor Zhuang Yazi wants to poach her? She grabs a hard flatbread that could knock someone dead and stuffs it into his hands. "Lord Zhuang, by the rules, this is a tea fee. It doesn't count as a bribe."

Her colleague Yu Xiaomao crouches in the corner, pretending to mourn. She flicks open the yellowed IOU and raises an eyebrow at Qin Muyao.

"Chief, want to raise the stakes?"

"The endgame for a contract worker is the deputy seat beside your embroidered spring saber..."

"...and then tracking down the person in the Imperial Prison who sold out my father."

Unhinged heroine #Strong Female Lead #Money for work #Embroidered Uniform Guard #Career with a twist #Secret identities #Two strong leads #Political intrigue #Historical fantasy