Has the Heir Apparent Been Kidnapped Again Today?

On the first day Qin Mengqian took up her post as Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, news arrived that the Prince of Qin's heir had been kidnapped by bandits.

Such a major incident threw the entire capital into chaos. Only Qin Mengqian remained calm.

"Tell the Prince of Qin that everything will be fine if he pays up."

"Assistant Minister Qin, you don't understand. The bandits of Qianren Stronghold are terribly vicious..."

"The heir has fallen into their hands. Who knows what inhuman tortures he'll suffer..."

"Especially their chief. They say he only appears at night, has a cruel streak, and looks unlike any ordinary person, with a blue-green face, fangs, and the head of a leopard..."

Qin Mengqian had no idea where that rumor had come from.

"What fangs and blue-green face? I'm just a delicate woman.

Besides, His Majesty told me that the Prince of Qin has spent his whole life amassing wealth, so this time we should make him pay through the nose."

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The Prince of Qin's heir, Chu Yashi, had been kidnapped yet again today.

War in the northwest, disaster relief in the southeast, roads to rebuild, and a pair of stone lions to put in front of the Court of Judicial Review...

Whenever the court ran short of money, he was invited to spend a few nights at Qianren Stronghold.

After so many kidnappings, he was so used to it that each one felt like going home.

"Father, here's my ransom letter.

I'm off to the stronghold. Remember to send the ransom promptly."

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Before coming to the Court of Judicial Review, Qin Mengqian, chief of Qianren Stronghold, had a long and terrible dream.

In the dream, flames soared into the sky and explosions erupted everywhere, nearly reducing the entire capital to dust.

The firelight turned screams and cries into rolling clouds of black smoke. Of the city's eight hundred thousand residents, almost no one survived.

Even after waking, she couldn't shake the fear. She decided to uncover the truth.

It was a turbulent time. The capital was in an uproar, and strange events unfolded in a tangled web of intrigue.

She would stand in the midst of the torrent, cleaving through the towering conspiracy and raging flames with her own hands.

*The forthright, honest heir who loves to tease people into laughing, a spendthrift X the composed, sharp-witted, unsmiling, delicate and devious bandit chief

They solve cases and fight side by side. It's exciting and sweet, that's all there is to it.

*Male lead: The woman I love is a bandit chief who has connections on both sides of the law...

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Title: The Valley of Yanluo Is No Lawless Land

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After transmigrating, Zhu Qingrong, a trainee court clerk, opens a restaurant in Budo City, a place teeming with all kinds of people and rife with gangs.

No one can figure out who she really is, but whether they're bandit chiefs or gang bosses, everyone treats her with the utmost respect.

First, they're afraid she'll close up shop and leave, depriving them of such delicious food.

Second, her little restaurant is practically the underworld incarnate: she cuts down criminals with her sword, protects the weak, rewards good and punishes evil, and upholds justice without bias.

After seeing this happen several times, people say the restaurant owner is Yanluo himself, here to wield the power of karmic justice and set things right in this lawless land.

Even the imperial court grants her the Ghost Soldier Command, authorizing her to stand alongside the Court of Judicial Review and uphold the law by day and night, a bright mirror held aloft in the shadows.

Zhu Qingrong has played the big bad wolf a little too well and can't back down now. She can only sigh: "All I wanted at first was a steady paycheck from the Court of Judicial Review."

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The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, Jiang Wenfei, has recently been dropping by Zhu Qingrong's restaurant whenever he has a spare moment.

As her former boss and current colleague, he keeps showing up, putting Zhu Qingrong under a lot of pressure.

She secretly doubles the chili in his food, hoping to make him come by less often.

Unfortunately, it has no effect.

At least Jiang Wenfei never comes empty-handed. The flowers he brings are made into flower pastries, and the mandarin ducks he sends are cooked into dragon soup.

Zhu Qingrong is baffled. "Why are the ingredients he brings always so strange? Huh, why does he look so upset?"

*A highly capable, oblivious restaurant owner X a proper, restrained Court of Judicial Review minister who drops hints with all his might

*She just wants a job. What's she done wrong?

Theme: Even a delicate woman needs the resolve to do what is right.