[Tentative blurb. Please add it to your pre-order list for now!]
Luo Lingxi was born into a marquis's household and raised in a convent. Her parents forgot about her for eighteen years, until they remembered her when her elder sister wanted to break off her engagement.
Her future brother-in-law was notorious and had been injured, leaving him disabled. Her mother couldn't bear to see her elder sister fall into the hands of a villain, so she wanted Luo Lingxi to marry him in her sister's place.
Luo Lingxi slapped the table. "Deal!"
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Wei Guanlan was the commander of the Northern Pacification Office, responsible for criminal cases and in charge of the imperial prison. His reach extended from imperial relatives and chief ministers at the top to peddlers and laborers at the bottom. His methods were ruthless, and both court and country feared him.
On her wedding day, a lavish bridal procession stretched for ten li, and the whole capital felt deeply sorry for Luo Lingxi.
She'd agreed readily, but thinking of all the innocent souls that demon had slain, she was so nervous during the wedding ceremony that she nearly crushed the red silk in her hands.
But at that same moment, Wei Guanlan, holding the other end of the silk, had cold sweat running down his palm too.
He was a fake. He was even more nervous...
- The story is complicated; this blurb only shows the first layer.
- An alternate-history Jin Yi Wei setting / primarily mystery and investigations / multiple secret identities / marriage before love.
- Blurb screenshot dated February 22, 2026.
- Please add it to your pre-order list!
Theme: The heavens' net is vast, yet nothing escapes it.
