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【Irreverent, carefree prince × cold-faced but adorable assistant judge of the Dali Temple || Case-by-case mysteries || Fated reunion】
【A happy ending, so read with confidence. Thank you for adding it to your favorites (◦˙▽˙◦)】
The biggest workplace disaster: Your partner is the boss's younger brother, and he's endlessly curious about you.
She's a top investigator who can make the dead speak, but is forced to team up with the most annoying prince in the capital.
When she first investigates the case of a consort who drowned, he comes to pester her. Fed up, she complains about him in private.
Who could have guessed it would reach the emperor's ears?
The man on the throne asks with a smile, “I hear you called my younger brother a pretty cushion with nothing inside?”
She breaks into a cold sweat. “Your Majesty, the prince... does get in the way of the investigation.”
The next day, the prince barges into her office carrying a brocade quilt. “My imperial brother ordered me to come ‘learn.’”
Su Yan feels a chill run down her back. There's no getting rid of this menace.
At first, he'd chew on a duck neck while holding forth: “Lord Su, the killer must have been driven by unrequited love!”
He gives Su Yan a terrible headache.
But then they solve one strange murder after another together, facing life and death side by side time and again.
The playfulness fades, revealing their sharp edges. Xie Yungui protects her from danger every time, using his body as a shield and staining his robes with blood to defend her from every hidden arrow and hardship.
Su Yan's frozen heart quietly falls for him amid their constant companionship and their repeated acts of protecting each other through life and death.
But the imperial court is a deep sea, and happy endings are never guaranteed.
A single letter of accusation uncovers a major conspiracy: court officials have formed a faction and are plotting rebellion.
The stone gate is sealed, and ambushers close in from all sides.
He is gravely wounded protecting her, and the two of them are trapped together.
In their desperate predicament, he lets out a quiet sigh.
“You're still just like you were as a child.”
The sealed memories of the past come crashing into the open.
Years ago, during an assassination attempt, he was in grave danger. It was the young Su Yan who rescued him.
A childhood life debt, love at first sight, years of longing, and a steadfast devotion that endured through the years.
But a light that's too dazzling will eventually attract trouble. When all the evidence points to her being the daughter of a traitor,
and he appears to choose his own interests over her,
she cuts off their bond in court: “The case is solved. Prince, we're even.”
Later, he gives up everything just to make her turn back.
“I was stupid. I was wrong. I was blind.”
“Su Yan, keep investigating the case. I promise I'll only get in your way, not cause you trouble. Is that all right? Please, Lord Su.”
Theme: Behind the palace walls, fine clothes and courtly rites are all disguises. Physical evidence can be altered by human hands, but the flaws in a person's heart have nowhere to hide.
