Spring's Brightness, Hexagram Yi

Miaoshan was heading to Chang'an to perform a Taoist ritual when she came across a badly wounded boy by the roadside.

The boy was beautiful, covered in wounds, and so weak from blood loss that he looked ready to die at any moment. Miaoshan sighed in regret, then expertly pulled out a little bell, preparing to give him a free funeral rite.

The boy suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed her wrist.

Miaoshan's Supreme Scripture for Delivering the Suffering abruptly caught in her throat.

"Stop chanting," the boy said, his gaze burning. "Young lady, you save my life today, and one day I'll make you the abbess of Xuandu Temple."

Miaoshan: ?

"Don't want to be abbess?" The boy stared straight at her. "Then I'll make you my empress."

Miaoshan: ???

After taking the boy in for a while, Miaoshan gradually realized that this obedient, clingy boy who called her Miaomiao all day was actually gloomy and vicious by nature. Every night, he came back to her with the stench of blood clinging to him.

The Taoist sect would never accept a bloodthirsty person. At the end of her tether, Miaoshan packed her things and left without a word.

Only when wanted posters searching for her covered the gates of cities across the provinces, and rumors spread that a nobleman had wept blood from his eyes and was nearly driven mad by her departure, did Miaoshan realize in horror that the ruthless killer she had rescued was none other than the Fourth Prince, Li Jiezhi, notorious for his cruel heart and vicious methods.

…Turns out picking up random men really does bring misfortune!

Miaoshan broke out in a cold sweat and hurried back to her little Taoist temple, never daring to venture far again.

Three years later, the realm fell into chaos.

Her temple was destroyed, and Miaoshan fled to Chang'an with everyone from the temple.

Bullied and with nowhere else to turn, she had no choice but to go to Prince Duan's residence and ask for help.

On a misty spring night, a pretty young woman in a yellow Taoist robe and wide sleeves knelt beside Li Jiezhi's legs and asked cautiously, "Um… that position as abbess of Xuandu Temple you mentioned before… is it still vacant?"

Li Jiezhi toyed with the heart-cleansing bell she had left behind and smiled with tender, twisted affection.

"You're too late. I've given the position to someone else."

"But the position of empress is still vacant. Would you like it?"

Treat yourself to a sweet cookie: an optimistic, soft-hearted girl x a yandere killer. There's a little redemption, too.

The heroine is capybara-like: gentle, optimistic, and emotionally steady, though the hero often makes her meow in frustration. The hero is a jerk early on, but later he's her dog. The blurb is the story in a nutshell. It's a fun, light read with no angst. Enjoy, everyone, and please don't argue in the comments. Mwah~

Theme: A calm mind keeps you cool.