The Young Lord Can't Possibly Be a Monk

This novel is also known as Beneath the Monk's Robes Lies a Wicked Soul and The Fragrant-Breathed Him.

Li Yang is a cold, beautiful (not really) blind bodyguard who serves the Duke of Wen. For no apparent reason, the aloof heir strips her of her martial arts and makes her his personal maid. After she accidentally injures the heir's childhood sweetheart, he heartlessly sells her off, and she dies miserably at the hands of a human trafficker.

After being reborn, Li Yang resolves to escape the heir by any means necessary. To her surprise, he immediately takes her as his bedchamber attendant and even has her move into the bedroom originally meant for his childhood sweetheart. Her situation is even more precarious than it was in her previous life.

After enduring countless hardships, Li Yang finally escapes the heir. She hides away in a mountain village, living as a lazy country girl, and becomes a disciple of a master who cures her blindness.

One day, her master brings home a memoryless monk with fragrant breath and fair, dewy skin. He says the monk is the reincarnation of a Buddha's son, free of worldly desires and always eager to help others.

Li Yang turns away and scoffs: When I served him at close quarters, he tormented me every day until I questioned my sanity.

But Li Yang discovers that her master's words are true.

When her robes are half open, the monk pays no attention.

When her lovely face hangs over his stomach, the monk remains unmoved.

No matter how badly she teases him, the most the monk does is press his red lips together and look at her with tearful eyes, before admonishing her after a long pause: