Embracing Zhuxi

The author's other novel, The Golden Threaded Robe, is currently being updated. The eldest imperial grandson, Xiao Rong, was gentle and refined, a true gentleman. Being around him felt like basking in a spring breeze. At one time, Jiang Ying thought so too. Until one day, she saw him in an alley, standing amid corpses in a pool of blood, holding a bloodied knife. His murderous aura was terrifying. Stunned, she was so frightened that her eyes reddened, and for a long while she couldn't speak. He walked toward her slowly, knife in hand. She thought he was going to kill her to silence her, but instead, he covered her eyes with the back of his bloodstained hand and said gently, "Be good. Pretend you didn't see anything, all right?" Jiang Ying nodded furiously. "...All right." She thought, would she dare say no? That knife would be at her throat in an instant. - It's said that Suzhou produces beauties, none more gentle and graceful. Shortly after Xiao Rong arrived in Suzhou, he happened upon an amusing brawl involving all the younger members of the Jiang family, who served as the governor's chief secretary. So when Miss Jiang the Sixth, Suzhou's most beautiful woman, came to plead before his carriage, he stared at her delicate, tear-streaked face for a long time without saying a word. He truly couldn't imagine how someone so frail could fight, let alone win. So one day, when he saw her coughing so hard she could barely catch her breath, he finally couldn't help asking. The sickly girl gazed at him through glistening eyes and said, all aggrieved, "Your Highness, I wasn't there that day." Xiao Rong murmured, "Oh." A young lady's feelings were easily hurt. He shouldn't have asked. Jiang Ying could tell at a glance that he didn't believe her. "..." Heaven knows, she really wasn't there that day. Later, when Xiao Rong learned that Jiang Ying was in danger, he raced over the rooftops, only to see the frail, sickly girl displaying impressive martial skills. She even sent a hidden arrow flying toward him. Jiang Ying turned around and found the Prince of Ming holding her arrow, his expression complicated. Jiang Ying: "..." She bit her lip and hesitated for a moment, then walked up to him and rose onto her tiptoes to lightly kiss the corner of his mouth. "Your Highness, pretend you didn't see anything, all right?" Xiao Rong stared at her, at a loss for words. Jiang Ying understood. Helplessly, she said, "...I really wasn't there when they fought that day." Xiao Rong gave a soft laugh, lifted her chin, and leaned down to whisper in her ear, "That won't be enough to buy me off, Your Highness." Jiang Ying understood what he meant, and her cheeks instantly flushed red. Later on, the lofty, proper, and dignified Prince of Ming became a scoundrel, using that hidden arrow to blackmail Jiang Ying for the rest of her life. * One-on-one romance, both leads have no prior partners * The male lead is the female lead's salvation * The story is set in a fictional era, with elements from the Tang and Song dynasties. Don't take the setting too seriously. Coming next: The Golden Threaded Robe In the sixteenth year of Shenghe, the Second Miss of the Wei family was wrongly imprisoned. Until the day she died, she could not shake the title of murderer. After her death, her spirit wandered the world for many years before she learned that the day of her imprisonment had been not only her nightmare, but also part of a vast conspiracy. She had been found in a Buddhist sanctuary by Madam Wei. The real culprit was Madam Wei's own daughter. When her birth mother, the Princess, learned the truth, she fought her enemies until both sides were utterly defeated. The Wei family reaped the benefits and rose to power. One day, she awoke half an hour before the wrongful case began. Beneath the blazing sun, she looked at the copper-and-wood door that would decide her fate, turned around, and resolutely walked in another direction. "Miss, where are you going? Third Miss has been waiting for you in the back hills for ages." Her maid hurried to stop her, her voice growing shriller. "You mustn't go there! That's where the Crown Prince lives. He's unpredictable, cruel, and murderous. If you trespass, you'll die!" Wei Nian didn't care. So what? Compared with the people around her, that man seemed much kinder. After all, on her final day, he was the one who brought her poisoned wine and left her with a final shred of dignity. But for a long time afterward, that madman infuriated Wei Nian so much that she wanted to commit a real murder just once. - The male lead's perspective A madman who keeps trying to infect the female lead with his madness, only for her to end up healing him instead. The male lead, early on: I like her. I'll make her just like me. The male lead, midway through: I want to build her a tall tower and make her a golden threaded robe. The male lead, later on: Nian Nian, don't be angry. Pay attention to me. Reading guide: Both leads have no prior partners, one-on-one romance. The female lead's family is a princely house with a different surname, and she is not related to the male lead by blood. Theme: Seeking light in the darkness