Worthy of You

The author is also serializing Travel Through Taiqing. The next novel is Sing Wild and Free.

Xiao Xian unexpectedly transmigrated, but before he could even react, someone stabbed him and knocked him to the ground.

When he came to, he heard someone quietly plotting beside him: "That corrupt official keeps working against us and impeaching our young master. We should take this chance to kill him."

Xiao Xian was shaken to the core. What corrupt official? I'm just a miserable college student!

As he tried to figure out how to escape his enemies, a long sword was laid against his neck.

"Lord Xiao, stop pretending. I saw you wake up."

Xiao Xian resigned himself and opened his eyes, only to see a beauty whose eyes were covered with white gauze.

Xiao Xian: "...How could you see that?"

The beauty, Yun Ai: "I was bluffing."

*

Everyone in Shengjing knew that Marquis Dingyuan Yun Ai and Chancellor Xue were at odds.

As Chancellor Xue's top lackey, Xiao Xian impeached the marquis every few days.

But lately, Lord Xiao seemed to have hit his head. He hadn't impeached Marquis Dingyuan in half a month.

Rumors spread through the court, and everyone had a theory.

Some said Xiao Xian had fallen out with Chancellor Xue over political differences. Others said the marquis had bought him off. Still others claimed that Xiao Xian was possessed by a ghost. The wildest rumor of all was that...

Lord Xiao had fallen for Marquis Dingyuan and was determined to win a place by his side.

When Yun Ai heard the rumor, he tilted his head toward the person beside him. "Since you have feelings for me, why not tell me yourself?"

Xiao Xian smiled. "Don't believe rumors, and don't spread them!"

Scheming beauty gong (Yun Ai) x secretly perceptive, looks-loving shou (Xiao Xian)

1v1, happy ending

"He has his own path to walk, and I have something I want to protect."

"We need not meet. Knowing he's here is enough."

Note:

1. The main plot has many deeply hidden clues, most of them tucked into tiny details.

2. The shou isn't completely good. There's a reason his personality wavers a little early on.

3. The shou really did transmigrate. As for when...

4. Lots of authorial liberties, including but not limited to the gong's physical condition.

5. The gong isn't truly blind. His sight will recover midway through.

6. The official system is based on the Tang dynasty, but not entirely. This is an alternate history, so don't overanalyze it.

7. Side couple: Yu Burang x Shen Changqi, Yu is the gong and Shen is the shou.

Next novel: Sing Wild and Free

Cen Jingshuang was once a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. After being framed and thrown into prison, he endured endless torment before receiving a pardon and being demoted to prefect of Yunzhou.

But Yunzhou also had a notorious wastrel of a prince, who deeply resented Cen Jingshuang's arrival. He repeatedly harassed and taunted him, making no distinction between public and private matters, and was determined to kill him.

His policies were intercepted, his movements restricted, and even the medicine that kept him alive was confiscated by that wretched man.

Cen Jingshuang endured it again and again, until he could bear it no longer. Sick and weak, he stormed the prince's residence with a sword in hand, wiping the blood from his lips as he looked down at Xi Mingzhuo, pinned beneath his foot.

Cen Jingshuang: "You want me dead? Fine. Then I'll take you with me. Neither of us is getting out alive!"

*

As a prince of the realm, Xi Mingzhuo was forced to live in his fiefdom and act like a wastrel, putting on a show of brotherly devotion so he could live in peace.

But the newly appointed prefect, who had traveled all the way from the capital, caught him completely off guard the moment he took office. He revised policies, implemented reforms, opened up trade routes, and won the hearts of the people of Yunzhou.

His methods were brilliant and his insight piercing. With a single glance, he saw through the wastrel disguise Xi Mingzhuo had so carefully maintained.

Xi Mingzhuo gave way again and again, until there was nowhere left to retreat. As Cen Jingshuang's murderous intent became unmistakable, he grabbed Cen Jingshuang by the throat, pinned him beneath himself, and smiled as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Xi Mingzhuo: "I'll return your words to you. Even if I die, I will be buried in the same coffin as you."

*

From then on, the two became sworn enemies. Today Cen Jingshuang would send Xi Mingzhuo a dose of poison, and tomorrow Xi Mingzhuo would return the favor with a bottle of arsenic. They swore to kill each other, but neither could get the better of the other.

In the end, they had to settle for the next best thing and reach an agreement to join forces and set their sights on the world.

Cen Jingshuang believed he was only pretending to cooperate with Xi Mingzhuo for mutual gain. That was until he finally revealed his hidden strength, and the imperial seal, a symbol of the throne, came into his hands. Xi Mingzhuo pressed close and pinned him against the golden dais.

The man who had once stood in opposition to him gazed at him with dark eyes. "The realm is yours. You are mine."

Unhinged, theatrical prince gong (Xi Mingzhuo) x unhinged, sickly beauty shou (Cen Jingshuang)

[Two unhinged men trade threats, clash fiercely, and save each other]

1v1, happy ending

"I follow my own path. Even if it leads to ruin, I will keep walking it."

Also being serialized: Travel Through Taiqing

Lu Mingyi, young master of Guiyue Manor, a renowned weaponsmithing family, had always lived in luxury, never wanting for anything. But for nearly three years, one thing had weighed on his mind.

When he was fifteen, Lu Mingyi was playing at riding at a gallop with a sword at his side and roaming the world when he rescued a girl chosen as a human sacrifice. On the run, he and a companion hit it off immediately, chatting happily. He left her a token and promised to return the following year to share wine and conversation.

But the next year, Lu Mingyi's father grounded him, and he regrettably couldn't keep his promise...

*

The thing Xie Shuangfeng regretted most in his life was being tricked by his fellow disciples three years ago into dressing as a girl and serving as the mountain god's bride while he was out exorcising demons.

The demon wasn't vanquished, and some clueless boy from who knew where dragged him ten miles before he could escape. He had to listen to the boy chatter the whole way, and was even forced to accept a jade pendant as a token and promise to meet again the following year.

But the next year, the head of Taiwei Sect suddenly passed away, and Xie Shuangfeng inherited the position, so he couldn't keep his promise...

Three years later, Guiyue Manor's divine weapon, Starshatter, was stolen. Xie Shuangfeng went to Huaizhou to investigate. By chance, he passed the little tavern where he and the boy had promised to meet, and found a young gentleman there, leisurely drinking wine...

Lu Mingyi: "You look familiar. How about joining me for a drink?"

Xie Shuangfeng: "I'd be delighted."

The two drank together beneath the moon and talked all night. Lu Mingyi was so captivated that he wished he could become sworn brothers with him on the spot. Then one day, while drunk and fooling around, he tugged at Xie Shuangfeng's sleeve and refused to let go.

The jade pendant that represented the position of Guiyue Manor's young madam slipped out of Xie Shuangfeng's sleeve. Lu Mingyi sobered up in an instant...

Xie Shuangfeng: "..."

Lu Mingyi: "..."

Where had the girl I was supposed to meet gone?

1v1, happy ending

Quiet but jealous beauty gong (Xie Shuangfeng) x free-spirited, sharp-tongued young shou (Lu Mingyi)

Theme: May the land know peace, and may the realm flourish