★ A sincere, effusive cheerleader of an angel heals a female constable x A handsome, powerful, secretly passionate brocade-clad guard whose heart opens like a floodgate ★
Jing Sheng's family fell apart when she was young, leaving her and her widowed mother to depend on each other.
To survive and uncover the truth behind her father's death, she became a temporary constable at a poor, rundown county office on the outskirts of the capital.
Catching chickens, finding lost dogs, settling arguments between neighborhood aunties: Jing Sheng never got the chance to investigate the truth, but she became adept at reading people and an expert at flattery.
One day, Qin Wuyou, the only son of the Duke of Zhenguo, rode through the streets at a gallop while investigating a case, sending pedestrians tumbling in every direction.
The constables on patrol were furious. They shouted, "How dare he ride a horse through the streets of the capital?" Then they looked up and saw Qin Wuyou's unsmiling face, as cold as death, and the warrant at his waist that marked him as on official duty.
The constables fell silent with fear and shoved their temporary worker, Jing Sheng, forward.
Qin Wuyou rode up and looked down at her, his face icy. "Is there a problem?"
Jing Sheng gulped. "O-of course there is. Next time you descend from the heavens, please give us a heads-up."
Qin Wuyou, a brocade-clad guard serving before the imperial court, had a face like the bright moon and a storm raging within. He was deeply favored by the emperor.
He should have had a limitless future, but rumors painted him as cold and ruthless, with a fearsome way of dealing with people and bizarre, twisted tastes. They said he loved killing, and he became the nightmare of every young lady in the capital. Everyone avoided him.
When the emperor kindly arranged a marriage for him, several daughters of noble families packed their bags the moment they heard the news and fled in the middle of the night.
Qin Wuyou was a peerless prodigy and the son of a great family, yet even after coming of age, he still couldn't find someone to his liking.
Until the day he met a little constable who knew just how to talk.
"Since I'm going to have to marry someone either way, I might as well bring home someone who speaks nicely and is easy to handle."
Later, Qin Wuyou realized he had been far too naive.
#One spouse dares to brag, and the other is willing to believe it.#
TIP:
- This story is set in a fictional world and only borrows the role of the brocade-clad guards. Please don't nitpick the historical details.
- This is a marriage-first, love-later story.
- This is just for fun. The story downplays traditional elements such as social status matching.
Pre-release blurb revealed on August 3, 2020.
Theme: Praise makes life better.
