The Sweet, Delicate Substitute Is a Beauty's Blade

The Brocade Guard Claims Me (Ongoing)

Blurb:

"Was everything between us never anything but a lie?"

"And what about you, Your Highness? Was the person you fell for really Yan Xing?"

Yan Xing is a secret guard of the Imperial City Bureau, ordered to get close to Prince Ning, Pei Zhan.

She wasn't exactly willing, but after thinking it over, she figured she had to go if she wanted to stay alive.

Pei Zhan... was actually quite the sort she liked. She figured she wouldn't be losing out.

To get closer to Prince Ning, Yan Xing painted her brows and applied makeup, disguising herself as the woman he could never have.

She's always been good at playing along.

When Pei Zhan grew suspicious of her, she cried.

When he treated her coldly, she cried, too,

all while crying and insisting that she wasn't a crier.

She played the pitiful little thing, throwing herself into his arms and offering him a hug, clumsy and miserable.

Later,

when she said she couldn't read, Pei Zhan took her hand and taught her to write, taking the opportunity to tease her;

when she said she couldn't ride a horse, Pei Zhan rode with her, even scaring her into leaning against him;

until every trace of Pei Zhan's suspicion had turned into wholehearted love.

On the Lantern Festival night, the man drew her into his arms and softly whispered "Yanyan" in her ear, asking if she would marry him.

She... didn't want to, but agreed anyway.

On their wedding night, as ordered, she still pressed a knife against Pei Zhan's side.

**

Pei Zhan never imagined that his "Yanyan" was actually his elder brother's secret guard, the "A Xing" Pei Jing had spoken of.

And he was the one who didn't belong.

He hated her for betraying him, but was even more jealous of the ten years she had shared with someone else.

She and Pei Jing had known each other for ten years, while the two of them had shared no more than a year between them.

For the first time in his life, he had been brought to such a miserable state over a woman.

"Was everything between us never anything but a lie?"

"And what about you, Your Highness? Was the person you fell for really Yan Xing?"

The cup in his hand shattered with a sharp crack.

You can say you don't love me, but you can't mistake the sincerity of my heart.

[Reading Guide]

1. You can criticize the author, but don't criticize the heroine. Though no reader has ever criticized me yet.)

2. The heroine doesn't suffer heartbreak, because she has no romantic feelings, but that doesn't stop her from enjoying the romance.

3. The male lead is a virgin, the second male lead is a virgin, and the third male lead is a virgin. The heroine, strictly speaking, is...

(Key point: strictly speaking.)

Upcoming Novel 1: The Childhood Friend Who Abandoned Me Became a Brocade Guard. The cover is really, really pretty.

Luo Sang and Shen Jie met when they were young.

Back then, they were both goods in the hands of human traffickers. Luo Sang was five, and Shen Jie was three.

For eight years, Luo Sang played the role of an older sister, always looking after Shen Jie.

To Shen Jie, Luo Sang was the only light in his bleak life.

He vowed that once he grew up, he would protect Luo Sang and take care of her for the rest of her life.

As the sun set over the mountains and forests, the young boy and girl once promised themselves to each other.

They never gave up looking for a chance to escape, and promised to flee together from that hell that devoured people.

One day, they finally found their chance.

But when they were surrounded on all sides, Shen Jie was discovered because he was caring for her while she was ill.

And she left Shen Jie behind,

escaping alone.

From then on, the light in Shen Jie's eyes went out completely.

Over the next nine years,

Shen Jie fought his way through countless dangers.

He reclaimed his family name and returned to his ancestral home, and his maternal aunt became the empress.

He also became a cold-blooded Brocade Guard.

When they met again, he saw with his own eyes as she leaned against the emperor, seemingly delicate and boneless, smiling sweetly.

And he, as a subject, finally entertained the thought of stealing the emperor's consort,

wanting to see her gaze at him through tear-filled eyes, softly sobbing as she called only his name...

Upcoming Novel 2: The Battle for the Blooming Season

Theme: Believing in yourself matters more than believing in others