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[Outwardly spoiled and willful, inwardly spoiled, willful, and poisonous little princess vs. outwardly handsome, inwardly sharp-tongued and shameless wanderer]
He Qing has only ever loved two things:
Steamed buns, and poison.
When He Qing was fifteen, she and her fiance were married in a ghost wedding.
The day after the ceremony, she dug up her dead husband's tomb and left the capital with his belongings.
She traveled all the way to Yangzhou, where she was unfortunately swindled out of all her money.
Starving, He Qing slipped into an unattended bun shop. As she ate, a kind stranger handed her a cup of water.
"Slow down, or you'll choke."
He Qing choked so badly she nearly died on the spot.
*
Who would have guessed that the handsome owner of the bun shop was the famous Twin-Blade Ghost of the martial world?
"Someone's offering ten taels of silver for your life. You can buy it back for twenty."
He Qing wasn't short on money, but she wasn't a fool, either.
"I'll offer a hundred taels for your life."
To buy his services.
*
When Yingzhou first met this girl, he thought there was something wrong with her head.
She failed to assassinate him, then tried to hire him as her bodyguard?
It was only after he learned that she sold a dose of poison for a hundred taels of silver that he reluctantly agreed.
The girl was pampered. She wore only the finest fabrics and slept beneath silk bedding. She ordered him to fetch her tea and water, but she also left a lamp burning for him late at night.
One time, Yingzhou, covered in blood, hadn't even made it into the room before collapsing into a soft, fragrant embrace.
The girl's tears fell like raindrops. "Who did this? I'll avenge you."
The next day, the culprit was blinded by poisonous insects.
*
For three years, Yingzhou steamed a basket of buns for her every day.
But one day, when the buns were ready, He Qing was nowhere to be found. A letter lay on the table:
My husband has returned from the dead. He Qing is going home for a while. Do not worry, my lord.
One-on-one, both leads' first time, happy ending
Theme: Live freely
