The Beauty Escort

Meng Feiyi is forced to take on a personal escort job, bringing the fifteen-year-old Princess Li Wan of Ledu from Quanzhou back to the capital.

The little princess is willful and spoiled, crying and throwing tantrums at the slightest thing:

"I won't eat! I won't go! You smelly, bearded drunk, stop picking on me!"

Meng Feiyi is quiet and taciturn, and lives by the rule that if you can solve something with your fists, there's no need to talk.

When the little princess misbehaves? He tucks her under his arm and carries her wherever he wants.

Until one night, he sees with his own eyes the delicate, charming little princess lure an enemy into a dark alley, question him about his identity, and kill him with a swift stroke.

After killing the man, the little princess turns around and sees Meng Feiyi. Her blood-spattered face breaks into an innocent, flawless smile.

"Oops, you saw that. Good thing, too. I'm tired of pretending, so let's just leave it at that."

Meng Feiyi walks over and gently wipes the blood from her face.

The killing intent vanishes from the little princess's eyes, and she stares at him in a daze.

But the very next moment, the damn man is back to his old tricks. He snatches the knife from her hand, tucks her under his arm, and strides off toward home.

Just like before, the little princess spends the whole way cursing him as a smelly, bearded drunk.

An absurdly strong, gruff-but-honest handsome older man x a wild, beautiful, troubled young princess

Bonus Scene One:

Li Wan beams. "The man I love is called Pei Meng. He's a peerless hero. At fourteen, he went to war with his father, an invincible young general who became famous after a single battle. At fifteen, he rode a thousand li to seize the enemy commander's head, then gave me this khan's ring, a symbol of supreme power, as a token of his love."

Meng Feiyi drains the last of his wine, turns to her with a pitying look, and says, "When you get back to the palace, find an imperial physician and get your head checked."

Bonus Scene Two:

"Who are you?" After a fierce battle, with all his generals defeated, Prince Yan demands, both furious and astonished.

With his spear planted on the ground, Meng Feiyi respectfully salutes Prince Yan, unflinching. "I am the sixth son of the former Duke of Qi. My surname is Pei, and my given name is Meng."

Prince Yan looks startled. "You're Pei Meng? Why have you been hiding your identity all this time?"

Meng Feiyi raises his eyes to Li Wan, who stands nearby, stunned. "I had no intention of bringing up the past. But I wish to marry Li Wan, so I thought Your Highness ought to know who your granddaughter is marrying."

Content warnings:

1. The male lead is 28 and the female lead is 15. Age-gap and size-difference warnings.

2. As described above, the female lead seems sweet and childish on the surface, but is actually a yandere with a violent streak. Please don't read if that's not for you.

Theme: Meeting the right person can feel like being given a new life.