Blood Fox

An early practice work. Not much logic to it; I'll lock it once it's finished.

Shi Ying, the only daughter of the General Who Guards Afar, is gentle and beautiful, unrivaled in the capital. Countless people have sought her hand in marriage.

But in the Battle of Linyuan, the General Who Guards Afar lost six cities in succession and died on the battlefield. Emperor Sheng flew into a rage, and the Shi family's imperial favor was no more.

In her previous life, she was naive and foolish. Driven into a corner, she accepted a marriage proposal from the Left Chancellor's illegitimate son. Only after he tricked her out of the Blood Fox Token her father had left behind did she realize there was something suspicious about the Battle of Linyuan. But she was abandoned, and her life ended in misery.

Reborn, Shi Ying takes firm control of everything, vowing to uncover the truth and clear her father and brother's names.

Those who harmed her family, those who bullied and humiliated her, none of them will escape!

But why has the lofty Right Chancellor's son come back too?

If that's the case, she'll gladly take him for herself.

At the Mid-Autumn Banquet three years ago, Chu Yi, son of the Right Chancellor, saw Shi Ying for the first time.

She smiled and curtsied, a flower in her hair seeming ready to take flight. As she glided forward, the jade pendants at her waist chimed melodiously.

Chu Yi thought, "The noblewoman everyone adores is nothing special."

Three years later, the Blood Fox Token brought the fallen noblewoman Shi Ying and the favored son of heaven, Chu Yi, together once more.

Snow was falling in the northern frontier, yet Shi Ying was like a ball of fire, burning her way into Chu Yi's frozen heart.

The Shi family's days of glory were in the past. Everyone in the realm admired the strong and despised the weak, and could only sigh that a beauty's life was doomed to tragedy. Shi Ying became the subject of gossip among the capital's noblewomen.

Little did they know that amid the winds and sands of the northern frontier, the aloof and noble Chu Yi, a flower high on a cliff, had already been plucked with ease by Shi Ying.

And Shi Ying would return home with her father, her brother, and the souls of two hundred thousand fallen soldiers.

A bold and alluring beauty who runs an inn vs. an aloof beauty who pursues his wife with directness

Reading guide:

1. An alternate history setting, with heaps of invented details.

2. Mutual flirting, and a warning: the male lead will fall hard.

3. Lighthearted in style, at heart a sweet romance full of playful teasing.

Theme: Keep your self-respect and clear head in love, too.