Wine in Hand, Breeze on My Face, No Thoughts of Returning

This blurb:

[Character Setup]

Older "villainous" princess, the shou x younger loyal attack-dog, the top assassin, the gong

Queen and hound · Two powerful leads · Court intrigue and the martial world

[Main Plot]

Xiao Youning, the Great Zhou princess, wields power over the court, yet is broken and lonely.

Her parents do not love her, and her brothers turn against one another. She lives on a knife's edge, clinging to a single obsession: helping her young brother ascend the throne.

Jiang Zhi is the martial world's top assassin, known as "General Prajna."

She draws her twin blades and never misses, but after her senior sister's death, she turns against the Asura Hall, flees while wounded, and sets out on a path of revenge.

An assassination attempt entangles their fates.

Jiang Zhi follows Xiao Youning in pursuit of a secret imperial document, but ends up taking a fatal blow for her instead.

Xiao Youning values her martial prowess, while Jiang Zhi values her power. Thus begins a partnership in which each gets what she wants.

She plans everything; Jiang Zhi breaks through obstacles and acts.

She is cold as ice; Jiang Zhi burns like the sun.

They test one another amid schemes and bloodshed, and come to recognize each other amid betrayal and loneliness.

"You are not my weapon," Xiao Youning says. "You are the light in my endless night."

"I am not loyal to you," Jiang Zhi kisses her eyes and brow. "I came for you."

[Bonus Scene]

Xiao Youning (with a cold laugh): "Do you know that being with me means making an enemy of the whole world?"

Jiang Zhi (raising an eyebrow): "Lucky for you, my blade is already unrivaled under heaven."

[Highlights]

One-on-one, HE, two powerful leads joining forces, plenty of tension, court intrigue x the martial world, a story of healing.

Updated daily, no abandonment.

[Content Notes]

Younger gong, slow burn.

At first, the princess only intends to use Jiang Zhi.

Both have had many admirers, but their hearts and bodies belong to only one person.

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"After Losing Her Memory, the Divine Lord Becomes the Demon Lord's Child Bride"

She is the Demon Lord who despises her most, and she is the lofty Divine Lord.

Then the Divine Lord falls from her pedestal and is taken home by the Demon Lord.

Everything begins to change.

Characters:

Luo Xijiu, Demon Lord (younger, gong): flamboyant and unrestrained, sharp-tongued but soft-hearted, perhaps the most formidable complainer in the Three Realms.

Li Beize, Divine Lord (older, shou): Before losing her memory, cool as jade and utterly untouchable. Afterward, clingy, a crybaby, sensitive, and fiercely possessive.

Blurb:

The person Luo Xijiu despises most is the lofty Divine Lord, Li Beize.

They're both bosses in their own domains, so why is their public image so wildly different?

When disaster strikes the mortal realm, the Divine Lord prays for blessings, and people say she saves them from suffering.

The Demon Lord opens granaries to relieve the disaster, but when an old man takes too much and eats until he's stuffed, people say the Demon Lord must have an ulterior motive.

Luo Xijiu: Tsk. Prejudice really is a mountain in people's hearts!

The two are always being compared. Plenty of people even secretly ship them as a couple.

But the Divine Lord's fans all insist: The Demon Lord? As if she's worthy!

The trouble is, Li Beize is the strongest in the Three Realms and holds an exalted position. Luo Xijiu can't beat her, and can only curse her under her breath...

So Luo Xijiu takes every opportunity to make a secret wish: may Li Beize have the worst luck imaginable.

She never expected her wish to come true.

The Divine Lord fails her tribulation, loses all her spiritual power, goes blind, and loses her memories.

Overnight, everyone turns against her, and even the prince of the immortal clan, to whom she was betrothed long ago, breaks off their engagement on the spot.

Luo Xijiu: Oh! Does this mean my dream came true?

But when Luo Xijiu finds the filthy, pitiful Divine Lord by the side of the road, her heart softens.

She thinks: Even if you find a little dog by the roadside, you can't just leave it there, can you?

Especially when this little dog is so... cute (and alluring)!

So Luo Xijiu takes Li Beize back to the Demon Palace.

To vent her frustration, Luo Xijiu deliberately lies to Li Beize: "You're my child bride now, so you have to serve me well."

But instead of seeing the Divine Lord get angry as she'd hoped, Luo Xijiu discovers that Li Beize... is blushing shyly.

Luo Xijiu: Oh? What's going on here?

At first, Luo Xijiu thinks having a child bride is wonderful. Only later does she realize how much of a handful the Divine Lord can be.

She tenderly cooks for Luo Xijiu. When drunk, she clings to Luo Xijiu and asks her to take care of her. She sweetly and bashfully calls her "wife." Though old enough to be Luo Xijiu's great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, she cries over the tiniest things and insists on being comforted and held.

Luo Xijiu goes to a gathering of the demon clan, and the Divine Lord gets terribly jealous. One moment she's obediently holding Luo Xijiu; the next, after seeing someone flirt with her, she's so angry she threatens to run away from home.

And yet Luo Xijiu finds herself falling more and more for her.

But just as they're about to form a bond, Li Beize disappears.

The next news Luo Xijiu hears is that the Divine Lord has returned from her tribulation.

At the celebration banquet of the Three Realms, Luo Xijiu means to demand an explanation for Li Beize's sudden departure.

But at the banquet, Li Beize clearly sees her and acts as if she isn't there.

Luo Xijiu arrives furious but returns utterly crushed.

She knows that the Li Beize who belonged only to her will probably never come back.

Luo Xijiu grieves for a long time, while the elders of the demon clan grow uneasy.

They say that, judging by the Divine Lord's attitude, she may seek revenge against the demon clan for what happened before.

They propose an alliance through marriage with the demon clan to protect themselves.

Heartbroken, Luo Xijiu agrees to marry the Demon Emperor.

But at the betrothal banquet, Li Beize arrives, wreathed in light.

Luo Xijiu assumes she's come for revenge and is about to kneel before her.

Then the strongest, most untouchable person in the Three Realms, Li Beize, looks at her with tearful eyes and says:

"You said you loved only me. Does that mean nothing now?"

Luo Xijiu: "Oh!"

Theme: You are where my blade is pointed, and where my heart belongs.