Heavy Snow Covers the Road Home

[An early, rough work. Not recommended.] Princess Jiang Fushi of the Jade Lotus was ordered to marry Ao Mu, chieftain of the Qiongle Tribe. Rumor had it that Ao Mu was cruel by nature, and that many of his concubines had met untimely deaths.

She thought she would never return, but on the way to the wedding, an unfamiliar man appeared among her guards.

He was tall and straight-backed, with a cold, stern face, and barely spoke throughout the journey. Only when assassins launched a sudden attack did he draw his blade, spilling blood across his clothes, his eyes fierce with killing intent as he shielded her behind him.

On their wedding night, Ao Mu approached, reeking of wine. Jiang Fushi closed her eyes in despair, only to hear a sword cut through the air. Ao Mu crashed to the ground, his blood soaking the wedding quilt embroidered with mandarin ducks.

Only then did she learn that the man before her was no ordinary guard. He was the foremost assassin, with countless lives to his name, a notorious killer feared throughout the martial world.

Knowing he killed without blinking, Jiang Fushi still forced down her trembling and gently tugged at his sleeve, pleading softly, "Please, take me with you."

She thought he would abandon her, but then he suddenly asked, "Aren't you afraid to come with me?"

Of course Jiang Fushi was afraid, but to stay alive, she had no choice but to lie through her teeth.

"I'm not afraid."

She had no idea what cracks those simple three words opened in his frozen heart. From then on, as they fled for their lives, he never let her suffer the slightest grievance. In freezing weather, when even reaching out made your hands go numb, the man would open his fur coat and wrap her tightly inside, keeping the northern wind from touching her.

Their footprints sank unevenly into the snow. The road ahead stretched into the distance, when the man suddenly lowered his head, his warm breath brushing her ear. "Hold on tight. Don't fall, my princess."

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Noble princess × lone-wolf assassin

Both virgins, both faithful, one-on-one, happy ending, secret identities, desperate escape

Heroine: master of both medicine and poison, plays the pig to eat the tiger, the hero's one and only exception

Hero: beautiful but tragic, aloof, pure in body and heart, from beginning to end, inside and out, he belongs to the heroine alone

The hero is the strongest character in the story.

An original historical setting. Everything is made to serve the plot, so please don't overanalyze it.

Blurb written September 20, 2023

Revised November 11, 2025

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Theme: Snow melts in the palm of your hand.