The Brooding Imperial Guard's Cherished One

My upcoming novel, The Substitute Princess Faked Her Death, and He Went Mad, is expected to start in late July or early August. I'd be so grateful if you lovely readers would add it to your favorites!

People couldn't understand why Ling Jinglian, the second young master of Xia, treated Shan Mushuang with such disdain.

She was the eldest princess of Qi, beautiful, gentle, virtuous, and obedient. In the eyes of the world, they were a match made in heaven.

But only Ling Jinglian knew it was all an act!

He was sick of her affected performance, and even more disgusted by the way she deliberately approached and pestered him every day.

At first, he kept his guard up and met her with mockery and insults.

Later, unable to do anything about her, he merely watched coldly to see how long she could keep up the act.

He thought he was doomed to be stuck with that "clingy nuisance" for the rest of his life.

But then, at the great banquet of the Eastern Alliance, a young general dressed in white arrived from Qi.

As that person walked toward the main hall from afar, her smile stiffened. And when she heard the name "Shao Hongyu," he clearly saw her fingers tremble.

Only then did he realize that she had always held a "white moonlight" in her heart.

That day, his face was colder than the ice of deep winter. He nearly crushed the cup in his hand.

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With Xia in turmoil, Shan Mushuang took military secrets and ran off, abandoning her act.

Her sword thrust toward his chest, and she radiated a distant, detached coldness.

He stared at her in disbelief. "Liao Mingzhu, you?"

She met his gaze with icy eyes, not a trace of her former tenderness remaining. "Young Master Chu Cheng, you've mistaken me for someone else. My surname is Shan, and my name is Mushuang. I have never been any princess of Qi!"

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Ling Jinglian was cold-blooded, ruthless, and sinister.

He had never cared about anyone, yet somehow he fell into the hands of the very "fool" he had tried so hard to avoid.

Even when people said the princess of Qi had a mysterious past and ulterior motives, he insisted that she was naive and ignorant of the ways of the world.

Even when she nearly took his life, he told himself she must have been acting under orders and had no choice.

It wasn't until he saw her with her "white moonlight" that he truly went "mad."

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The blurb for this novel:

Tao Yanxiao is a well-known orphan in the area, and no one wants to marry her because poison ruined her face when she was born.

The villagers laugh at her broad shoulders and pockmarked face, secretly calling her "Qinghe Village's Ugliest Maiden."

One day, while clearing land in the mountains, Tao Yanxiao finds a badly injured, handsome man who is blind and has lost his memory. She tricks him into becoming her husband, never realizing that the blind, amnesiac man is Zhu Qixuan, commander of the Imperial Brocade Guard.

Zhu Qixuan is sinister and merciless. During an inspection and manhunt, he was ambushed and fell from the clouds into a ditch.

Who could have guessed that Zhu Qixuan, once a coldhearted killer, would turn into an clingy, doting husband? Every day, he gazes at Tao Yanxiao with deep affection:

"My wife is graceful and curvaceous, so warm and soft."

"My wife always smells wonderful."

"My wife is the most beautiful woman in the world."

Villagers: He really is blind.

Later, Zhu Qixuan disappears, and she travels to another place to look for her husband.

She has no idea that her kind and gentle husband has become an untouchable, terrifying demon who makes people tremble at the mere mention of his name.

In the dark, bloody Imperial Prison, his icy arrow points at her chest. At the brink of life and death, Tao Yanxiao cries out, "It's me, A Xiao!"

Everyone is shocked: This woman is unbelievably brazen. She doesn't know when to quit!

But who would have thought that the demon with such unusual tastes would treasure her and pamper her beyond measure?

Warnings: 1. The heroine will later become an unparalleled beauty, the most beautiful woman in the world, hahaha.

2. They grow together and bring each other warmth. Sweet and satisfying. The hard times last no more than ten chapters. There's no sweetness without a little hardship, so please be patient, lovely readers.

Theme: Beauty must be felt with the heart!