Snow Is in the Forecast Tonight (Mystery)

Powerful minister x rebel minister, two equally matched leads, mystery, ancient-style crime solving An edict-bearing female official x a junior minister of the Court of Judicial Review [Synopsis] Shen Shengjun, the snowbound young gentleman of Luoyang, descended like an immortal, only to become a puppet in a play after a series of twists and turns. Beneath the capital's grand stage, the storms raged as they always had, with people displaced and swept away. Upon the stage, painted faces became demons and beautiful women became ghosts. When he finally encountered an old acquaintance, they kept one another at arm's length, neither advancing nor retreating beyond what was proper. On the Lantern Festival, beneath the flower-viewing lanterns, Shen Shengjun stood before the Tianguan Gate and presented Ji Jiuyue with a pot of pear blossom wine and a rabbit lantern fashioned from golden willow branches and snow. He had painted a sprig of white pear blossom on it, a springtime gift for an old friend. The esteemed official who bore the imperial edict stood with her back to him, lantern in hand. She drained the pear blossom wine and smiled bitterly: "I am no old friend of yours, Junior Minister. I am the maggot on the bones, the thorn in the back, the bone in the throat that everyone talks about, a dog at the Empress Dowager's side. I don't deserve pear blossom wine, three feet of snow, or the moon over this world. I deserve only loneliness, walking all alone. You gave me a rabbit lantern, Junior Minister. Do you mean for me to light my way to the underworld?" [Parts] #Phoenix City in Southern Xinjiang# #The Sea of Luoyang in the Eastern Capital# #Kunlun Slaves in the Western Liang# #Sandalwood Buddhas of Beiman# [Tips] 1. The heroine is not sweet and delicate. If you only like sweet, delicate heroines, this may not be for you. 2. One-on-one romance, happy ending. 3. I'm terrible at writing blurbs and my prose is awful. Rolling away in embarrassment. Thanks for reading. Coming Soon: After the Heartless Dao's Casanova Crashes and Burns A glamorous, heartless-Dao policewoman x Zhongli, a god who seems gentle but is secretly ruthless; powerful leads, a groveling redemption arc [Synopsis] In 2646, following a violent, global series of tectonic shifts, countless ancient gods' consciousnesses escaped from underground, possessed artificial intelligence, manipulated machines to perform divine miracles, and gathered followers to wreak havoc across the world. Meanwhile, the excessive radiation released by the ruptured crust allowed humanity to cultivate the Dao once more. Cyber cultivation began, and the world was turned upside down as technological civilization crumbled. In 2846, to monitor and prevent cybernetic humans from being corrupted by the consciousnesses of ancient gods, humanity jointly established the Federal Supervisory Headquarters. The following year, the Yanjing Supervisory Branch founded the Special Investigations Division, hoping to decipher the consciousnesses of ancient gods and restore human technology. Rumor had it that Ji Wanyan, an inspector in the Special Investigations Division, was alluring and flirtatious, decisive and ruthless, with countless admirers at her feet. She was one of the most accomplished fallen blossoms of the Hehuan Sect, yet she and Xie Zhenshu, an adviser to the division, were bitter enemies. Gu Xuance, the tough-as-nails director of the Yanjing Supervisory Bureau, once asked Xie Zhenshu in front of Officer Wan, "To lower the bureau's single rate and raise everyone's happiness index, can't the two of you just make do with each other?" Xie Zhenshu raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you realize she's cultivating the Heartless Dao?" The room fell silent. Everyone grew wary. Gu Xuance clutched his fragile heart and reached out a trembling hand. "Y-you... how do you know?" Ji Wanyan rolled her eyes. "We slept together." Xie Zhenshu said without expression, "We were in love." Officer Wan: ? Theme: Uphold justice and eliminate evil, and protect peace throughout the world.