1.
Fu Shouyan had loved someone since childhood. She was lofty and radiant as the sun, the Emperor's beloved jewel: Princess Shaocheng.
Everyone knew Shaocheng was ungrateful and heartless, yet loved toying with sons of humble families. After the banquet celebrating the honors bestowed by the Emperor, Shaocheng trapped a man in a pavilion, resting her jade-white hand lightly on his shoulder as she spoke to him in a gentle voice.
Fu Shouyan witnessed the scene from outside the pavilion, his figure cold as a pool of stagnant water.
He knew what Shaocheng wanted. So, through all the years she could not see him, he struggled upward, enduring humiliation and hardship, until he finally rose to power through one bloody battle after another.
On the first day he became a Commander, Fu Shouyan secretly asked for an audience with Princess Shaocheng. He swept his robe aside and knelt at her feet. His voice was even, but every word weighed a thousand pounds.
"If Your Highness desires it, I am willing to be your hound and yours alone."
2.
Shaocheng knew Fu Shouyan.
An elegant countenance, a ruthless heart and cruel hands. He was the craziest wolf in the Imperial Guards.
When she first met him, she only thought he seemed familiar, like a ray of light she had once pulled from a mire. As their paths crossed more and more, she learned that he really was ruthless and cruel, and truly mad. But there was one thing the rumors had gotten wrong.
His ambition had never been for the imperial court.
Reading notes:
1. The male lead has a secret crush and schemes deliberately; the female lead is heaven's favored daughter; both are schemers.
2. Neither lead is wholly good. They are childhood friends, yet also a fated encounter.
3. Blurb first posted on 2022.07.28 (Weibo: @Suowangjiecheng)
Theme: If you want something, you have to fight for it.
