The Aloof County Magistrate Is a Seductive Beauty

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[Next Novel Blurb]

[Alluring Older Sister & Self-Restrained Younger Brother] An older woman-younger man romance?

A famous actress transmigrates and meets Xie Xun, before he grows into a treacherous minister.

At the time, he looks so pitiful and abandoned that Yang Jun's heart softens, and she takes him home.

She sends him to school, teaches him right from wrong, and helps him establish his moral principles.

She says, "You must always sit high above, unmoved and unshaken. As a member of the Yang family, you may be humble, but never servile; you may be timid, but never weak."

Later, Xie Xun earns a splendid reputation: "Jade-like, with the verdant grace of a stand of pines. His beauty is unmatched beneath heaven."

But the world is unpredictable. War breaks out everywhere, and the people suffer in misery. The wealthy sing and dance, heedless of the bones bleaching by the roadside.

But the principles in Xie Xun's heart won't let him do the same. Even if he must be broken in body and spirit, he will cut himself off from the Yang family, choosing to live or die alone.

He says, "If my life can save millions, that is enough."

He says, "A gentleman does not stand beneath a crumbling wall. If that is all a gentleman is good for, what use is he to the nation and its people?"

[This Novel's Blurb]

Brisk Constable Xu Shu & Alluring County Magistrate Shen Yuntang

In the thirteenth year of Yuanzhen, disaster struck the Xu family of the capital. All seventy-three members were brutally murdered, leaving seven-year-old Xu Shu to survive with a blood feud weighing on her.

In the twenty-third year of Yuanzhen, Xu Shu disguises herself as a man and becomes a constable. At the same time, the new county magistrate, Shen Yuntang, takes office. Rumor has it that he is Bao Zheng reborn, able to distinguish the finest details with perfect clarity. If the Xu family case had been in his hands back then, things could never have come to this. From then on, Xu Shu's gaze keeps turning toward Shen Yuntang, until he becomes the target of public condemnation.

When the Xu family case is reopened, he stands alone to protect Xu Shu, cool and clear as the moon in the sky, willing to be stained with dust and bear a disgraced name. He carries the truth into the prison, his dignity ground into the dirt. The curses of the world cannot bend his spine or break his integrity...

When the buried truth finally surfaces, the court is thrown into turmoil and everyone is on edge. In the prison, the two clasp hands and kneel beneath a candle stand. This is their wedding. Xu Shu squeezes his hand and says, "You are my moon, and always have been."

Shen Yuntang displayed an exceptional talent for solving cases from childhood, and became a cool, brilliant young gentleman famed throughout the capital. Only he knows the darkness in his heart. He can't help drawing closer to Xu Shu, laying one trap after another to lure her in.

In prison, she is as blazing as a flame, warm and bold. Shen Yuntang is like a moth, rushing headlong into her fire.

Beneath the candle stand, she wears a blood-red dress. Little does she know that in Shen Yuntang's eyes, she is the most beautiful thing the world could ever give him!

[Reading Guide]

An imaginary historical setting. Please don't nitpick the history.

One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first.

An anthology-style story with an overarching plot. Feel free to save it and binge later!

Theme: With justice in your heart, solving cases comes naturally!