The Pipa Player

Lord Pei of Xunyang was as pure and bright as the moon, upright and incorruptible, a true gentleman who kept his distance from women. By chance, he rescued a pipa player from the entertainment quarter and had no choice but to bring her home. The pipa player said her name was A Yu. Both her parents were dead, and she had fallen into a life of prostitution. A Yu had suffered greatly, tossed about by the world and scorned by everyone. Her fingertips were covered in calluses. Usually gentle and quiet, she would simply sit and play her pipa. Only in the dead of night would she suffer nightmares of her childhood, sobbing and unable to sleep until dawn. Pei Su first pitied her, then came to love her. He disregarded her lowly status and asked his mentor, whom he regarded as a father, to arrange the match. He announced it to the world and married her with all the proper rites. How could anyone willingly give their heart to a venomous snake? Nothing could be more foolish. Years later, holding a high position, Pei Su thought of this indifferently. When A Yu was twelve, she knelt at the execution grounds and watched her father beheaded. Blood sprayed several feet, and his head rolled to a stop before her, eyes wide as he stared back at her, full of indignation and injustice. It was the nightmare that would haunt her for the rest of her life. Pei Su was a rare true gentleman. He pitied her, loved her, trusted her, and respected her. When the weather turned cold, he gave her warmer clothes; when it rained, he held an umbrella over her. He never used her low status to mistreat her. Whenever and wherever she lifted her head, he would always stand tall in front of her, shielding her from the dangers and storms of the world. No one had ever treated her so well. But she was not the helpless pipa player A Yu he loved. She was Shen Hongyu, the only surviving daughter of Shen Jing. Eleven years ago, all sixteen members of her family had been wrongfully killed by his mentor. He was a kind gentleman who trusted her without a hint of suspicion. She was a pipa string soaked in poison, and she had come to kill the mentor he regarded as a father. If Pei Su tried to stop her, she would kill him without hesitation too. And then... ...Once her revenge was complete, in a desolate world where she had also lost the person she loved, what would there be left to hold on to? 1. Happy ending. A love story of lovers turned enemies, full of hatred and tragedy. 2. The heroine only looks like a fragile flower. Theme: Treasure the person by your side.