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A love story full of passion and bitterness, with a battle between two male leads
[A loyal bodyguard who won't leave + a proud, possessive crown prince from a neighboring kingdom vs. a fallen noblewoman]
Jiang Ling was strikingly beautiful. She often visited the palace as a child, where she once cared for Zhao Xun, a prince from a neighboring kingdom held as a hostage.
The eldest prince of Qi, Zhao Xun, seemed gentle and obedient, but was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
After secretly fleeing back to his kingdom, he shot and killed the crown prince of Zhou during a war between the two kingdoms. That man was Jiang Ling's cousin.
The Jiang family fell from grace, and Jiang Ling went from an untouchable noblewoman to someone anyone could bully.
After another marriage arrangement fell through, Jiang Ling planned to elope to Jiangnan with Wen Jin, the bodyguard who had always been at her side.
Their statuses might not match, but Wen Jin was a formidable fighter, broad-shouldered and trim-waisted. More importantly, he obeyed Jiang Ling in everything and was absolutely loyal to her.
She confessed her feelings and eloped, but Zhao Xun, the crown prince of Qi, who shared a blood feud with her, captured her and brought her back.
Then he was injured and lost his memory!
Zhao Xun lied, telling her she was his personal maid, and secretly kept her in the crown prince's residence.
Taking advantage of his amnesia to force her may not have been the act of a gentleman, but Jiang Ling was now weak and helpless, with no choice but to cling to him like a vine.
The young marquis who had just been acknowledged by the Gu family had also come to Qi with Jiang Ling.
The amnesiac maid Ah Ling: “There's a young marquis who keeps sneaking glances at me. What should I do?”
She accompanied the crown prince to Yongzhou to provide disaster relief, and she and the young marquis fell off a cliff together.
At the bottom, the young marquis washed her clothes, treated her wounds, and helped wring the water out of her hair...
When they were finally rescued, she saw the young marquis kneeling before the crown prince. “Miss Ah Ling saved my life. I wish to take her as my sworn younger sister!”
Jiang Ling: ???
Crown Prince Zhao Xun nodded in satisfaction.
Jiang Ling also thought it wasn't right to fall in love with a sworn elder brother...
After he'd had a bit to drink, the young marquis, Gu, always watched her closely, his gaze bold and full of desire.
After the banquet, he dragged Jiang Ling to a secluded spot, stroked her cheek, and gave a soft laugh. “I'm not your brother.”
His scent, voice, and strength all felt familiar to Jiang Ling, and she longed for them.
She touched his face, with its carefully feigned scowl, smiled brightly, and kissed the corner of his lips. “Right. You're not my real brother, you're my lover.”
The thing Zhao Xun regretted most was letting Jiang Ling call the young marquis of the Gu family her brother.
He'd only wanted to give Jiang Ling a more respectable status, so he could take her as his concubine openly in the future.
How could he have known that the young master the Gu family had searched for so desperately was the same bodyguard who had eloped with Jiang Ling years ago?
“How does it feel to sneak around behind my back?” Zhao Xun asked, his face dark and his gaze sharp as a blade.
“You've got it wrong. You're the one I'm having an affair with. You're the shameless lover he's keeping on the side.” Jiang Ling smiled radiantly, her red lips parting.
Several crisp knocks came from outside the door, impatient and anxious. “Are you done? You've been in there for a while.”
As soon as Jiang Ling stepped outside, Wen Jin pulled her into his broad embrace. “After catching up with your old flame, do you still love me?”
1. The loyal bodyguard becomes a cold, calculating heir while wearing a secret identity, but he still has plenty of puppy-dog energy! Later on, Jiang Ling and Wen Jin use secret identities to date behind the crown prince's back! Happy ending!
2. Secondary couples: a melancholic, scheming prince vs. a delicate, competitive young lady; a gentle doctor with feminine features vs. a princess sent away to marry who goes mad every day
3. Important characters will die
4. This is a writing exercise. If you don't like the tropes, don't read it. The plot is a little all over the place.
Theme: Perseverance brings you through the darkness into the light
"Princess Zhou Mingyao is Empress Jiang..." This is a big thorn in the side of the author~it feels a bit unreasonable [covering face and crying]
Looks good, come on ^ ^
"Clothes" is a big thorn in the side of the author~
That's awesome. Give me more!! Snort!!
Will there be an update on New Year's Eve 😳