[Not a Strong Female Lead, Not a Female Power Fantasy, Just an Ordinary Romance: This Couple Is the Best and So Sweet]
[The Saint's Self-Interest x The Villain's Sincerity]
Xiao Dan, the youngest censor in the Censorate, married young. Two months later, his wife suddenly dropped dead, and from then on people said he was cursed to kill his wives. No respectable family in the capital dared arrange a match for him.
Three years later, Xiao Dan was promoted to Left Censor-in-Chief, taking charge of the Censorate and joining the Seven Ministers. For a time, no one could match his prominence.
Naturally, people once again thought of marrying into the Xiao family, but Xiao Dan turned every proposal down without hesitation.
He said there was only one woman in his heart: his late wife.
At the autumn hunt on Mount Nan, Xiao Dan, seated among the foremost of the Seven Ministers, looked up and saw the new imperial consort recently appointed by His Majesty: Jiang Yan.
Xiao Dan froze in place.
...Consort Jiang had exactly the same face as his dead wife.
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In early winter, the consort died of illness.
The capital was buried in heavy snow, the whole world draped in white, as if mourning a short-lived beauty.
In the woods beyond the city, an unremarkable patch of grass was lifted.
A woman dressed in splendid clothes crawled out of an underground passage.
A passing wolf stared at her with glowing green eyes, ready to pounce. Its foul-smelling drool was almost dripping onto her face.
Then came a bang that echoed through the mountains, sending a flock of birds fluttering from the trees.
The woman in splendid clothes raised her firearm and blew away the white smoke rising from its overheated barrel.
A group of well-trained men hurried up the mountain. Their leader came running over, nearly tumbling, gasping for breath. He dropped to one knee. "Your subordinate arrived late. The Tianshu Guard welcomes Commander Nan!"
Nan Jingchun climbed out of the passage and stretched. At last, she could breathe freely again. She had been cooped up in the harem for so long on this mission that she had nearly suffocated.
Just as she was about to give orders, she heard a sharp crack from not far behind her. A dead branch had snapped under someone's foot.
Nan Jingchun spun around and raised her firearm.
She looked toward the sound, her pupils contracting.
She saw a familiar face.
The illustrious Left Censor-in-Chief was as pale as snow and ice. He stared straight at her, his eyes black as ink.
"Nan Jingchun... At least when you married me, you used your real name. Should I be glad?"
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Nan Jingchun was the notorious commander of the Tianshu Guard, selfish and unscrupulous, stopping at nothing.
Xiao Dan was the youngest Left Censor-in-Chief in the Great Liang, the very model of a gentleman: pure-hearted, restrained, upright, and incorruptible.
No one believed the two of them could have anything to do with each other.
But Xiao Dan knew that the first time he saw Nan Jingchun kill someone, he fell in love with her at first sight.
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Nan Jingchun had met countless fame-seekers and toadies, so she had always assumed Xiao Dan was no different.
It was only when a mission forced her to become Xiao Dan's wife that she discovered he was not merely living up to his reputation. He really was a good man!
Much later, Nan Jingchun accidentally discovered that the assassin who struck terror into the capital, specializing in taking the lives of powerful nobles and corrupt officials...
...might also be her impeccably dressed husband.
#My wife is my weakness, but I never said she was harmless
*Screenshot saved on 2026.2.13
*An unconventional marriage-first, love-later story; an unconventional villain's sincerity x saint's self-interest (by my own interpretation). Not a strong female lead or a female power fantasy.
*Both leads have secret identities. The heroine's two identities in the blurb are both part of her missions. No groveling redemption arc. A sweet-and-sour romance.
*No unsolicited writing advice. This couple is sweet and completely in love with each other!
Theme: Fighting side by side
