Clear-eyed black lotus heroine x upright, kind young gentleman
A thousand-year-old fox x a Chinese puppy: their everyday crime-solving adventures
This story has a touch of mystery and light political intrigue. It has cases to solve and romance, too.
The heroine is a flirtatious beauty.
The first thing the young emperor did after ascending the throne was to formally bestow the title of Princess Fanghua.
Princess Fanghua is delicate and beautiful, with a radiant appearance that leaves a lasting impression on anyone who sees her at court. Yet this beauty has a vicious heart. She keeps ruthless retainers, lets her household guards run wild, and whips her servants. Her reputation is so dreadful that even though she has long been of marriageable age, no one dares ask for her hand. Anyone who marries the princess must have a death wish.
Han Gengyun studied hard for ten years, hoping to make a name for himself in the imperial exams. He was on the verge of entering government service as the new top graduate when the emperor stripped him of his title and threw him in prison. When the young emperor took the throne, Han was released, only to be thrust into the Princess's residence and made the newly appointed prince consort.
He dusts her sleeves, does her makeup, and makes her tea every day. Word even gets around that he accompanies Princess Fanghua to the Court of Judicial Review and meddles in its investigations. His former colleagues condemn him, calling it a case of a hen crowing at dawn and helping a tyrant, the sort of thing that disgraces all scholars!
Everyone wonders how long Han Gengyun will put up with the princess's temper, and when the princess will take a new lover. Yet they can only watch as the couple grow ever closer and shoulder the fate of the entire realm.
Han Gengyun will never forget the day the prison gates swung open. From the dust and dirt, he glimpsed a pair of delicate hands. Their owner wore a splendid crimson gown, so bright and beautiful that he could scarcely look at her, like a peony transformed into an immortal. He felt mired in the mud and unworthy to touch her. He never imagined that those hands would stubbornly pull him up, lead him from prison to a place in the history books, and never let go.
The world fears the princess's treachery and wanton behavior. Only Han Gengyun knows that he has a precious pearl, long imprisoned beneath the grime of worldly toil. Now, she will shine across a thousand miles of mountains and rivers, unmatched beneath heaven.
Case arcs:
A woman's corpse is found at the Three Purities Temple, bringing to light an old imperial case. A mysterious witness appears, claiming to be a former palace servant of Consort Chen, who vanished twelve years ago.
The emperor's only male heir dies. The Empress Dowager, Prince Linzi, and Princess Changlong enter the contest for the throne, while the emperor is determined to find Crown Prince Zhu Zhi, who vanished alongside Consort Chen during a great upheaval.
A series of cases involving people impersonating the crown prince emerges among the common folk.
The emperor dies, and the young emperor ascends the throne. Which matters more: the late emperor's final charge, or the secret shared by two people in love?
As the Great Tang is battered by storms and imperial power changes hands, the new top graduate Han Gengyun, the "favored consort" Tan Zhiting, Liu Tan, a scion of an aristocratic clan, and Li E, a young constable of mysterious origins, come together to travel the realm and solve one strange case after another.
A mystery-solving story with the melodramatic plot of a romance novel. If it's not to your taste, please don't blame me.
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[Marriage Before Love] [Forbidden Romance] [Not-Quite-Siblings]
Aggressive aristocratic young master x gentle, innocent foster daughter. An unconventional Shanghai tycoon romance.
Song Lu is an active air rifle athlete in Shengang City. She looks radiant, but is soft on the inside. Her mother was a mistress who once made the front-page headlines and moved between wealthy businessmen before eventually bringing Song Lu to live with the Lin family, without any official status.
The Lin family are prominent members of society. Their only grandson, Lin Ye, is widely known in their circle as the most rebellious heir to a corporate empire. He's always hated women surnamed Song, seeing the greedy mother and daughter as a vixen and the little vixen she gave birth to.
The year Lin Ye went abroad to study, Song Lu ran away from the Lin family.
Years later, Song Lu is in a car accident and sprains her wrist. A handsome man steps out of the black car. Memories flood her mind like the tide. Song Lu's gaze flickers. She lowers her head and murmurs, "Brother."
An athlete's hands are precious. Song Lu sits on a flower bed, icing her wrist. Lin Ye presses his fingers between the ice pack and her wrist, then proposes to her. The position of Mrs. Lin that her mother never managed to claim is now hers.
Each has their own agenda as they fulfill a one-year marriage contract.
Old feelings, old grudges, old acquaintances, and an old sibling bond...
Lin Ye later admits that back then, he was simply blinded by her beauty and overcome by desire.
"You were the most beautiful sight I saw as I fell. Through the long, dark night as my wounds healed, someone opened their arms and caught me, so I wouldn't fall any farther."
Reading guide: Mostly sweet, with a little angst. The male lead loves more and dotes on the heroine. The heroine is somewhat career-minded, but cautious by nature and has psychological scars around romantic relationships.
Theme: Expose lies, uphold justice, and become a beacon of righteousness!
Oh my God, it's really Li Xun
The head of the family, it seems that no suitable person has appeared before. Could it be Linzi King Li Xun?
Judging from the writing, the heroine is a badass female goose, but not in the early stages.
Ha??? When I saw this, I was really confused. Why is this sister angry with the male protagonist?? Isn't this the trap set up by this sister? What are you angry about? This game is also terribly incomprehensible. If you want Ye Mingzhu to just let Black Cat dress up as the prince, why not? Is the purpose of going around in such a big circle just to make the male protagonist suffer? I also don't understand the prince's lynching. Help, the unit case is so well written, but the emotional line is really confusing.
I don't like this heroine very much. She seems to have a bad temper and always plays tricks on the hero. ?
Is the heroine seeking revenge one by one?
I really want to know the relationship between the prince and the heroine.
God, our little native dog is so pitiful. The fox misunderstood the little native dog, but the little native dog stayed in prison for 23 days! The fingernails are gone!
Taoshen calls Bo Niu all the time in her dreams! What a love!
Hahahahahaha, Bo Niu was pinched to death