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A woman disguised as a man, with maxed-out combat skills!

When her father's rebellion failed and her disguise as a man was exposed, Zhou Yun was locked in the imperial prison. She drank the poisoned wine handed to her by the eunuch in one gulp.

Unbeknownst to her, Third Prince Xie Huaiche knelt before Zhengyang Hall for an entire day and night, begging His Majesty to spare her life.

When she woke again, the person she saw was her childhood friend, Censor-in-Chief Liu Ci.

"I begged His Majesty to spare your life. He agreed, but on one condition: you will be given the name Qingshu and become his secret guard, hidden from public view."

Zhou Yun had no choice.

Though she was supposedly the emperor's secret guard, most of the time she was assigned to Liu Ci's side.

As Censor-in-Chief, Liu Ci kept watch over all of Great Yan, so naturally, plenty of people wanted him dead.

A flash of cold steel. Several men in black burst through the door with blades in hand. Before they could even speak, they were already bleeding on the ground.

Zhou Yun raised her arrow-sleeved arm and wiped her sword with the back of her hand. Looking toward Liu Ci, who was brewing tea behind the beaded curtain, she couldn't help complaining, "That's the sixth time this month, Lord Liu. If it happens again, you'll have to pay extra."

"If I don't pay extra, can you really bear to watch me die?"

Before he had finished speaking, a concealed arrow pierced through the curtain. Zhou Yun leaped forward and yanked Liu Ci into her arms. The wind snuffed out the candlelight. Zhou Yun followed the sound and fired a sleeve arrow, and someone in the shadows fell with a muffled thud.

The room was plunged into darkness. Zhou Yun heard Liu Ci's voice, soft and raspy by her ear: "How about I offer myself to you?"

In the seventeenth year of Jiayou, the emperor died, and Xie Huaiche ascended the throne, changing the era name to Chengming.

One mission, one portrait. Xie Huaiche searched all of Great Yan like a madman. He had never seen anyone who looked so much like Zhou Yun.

On his wedding night, with rain pouring down, Xie Huaiche barged into the Censor-in-Chief's residence with a group of people. In the glow of the candles, he was the first to lift Zhou Yun's bridal veil.

Joy and desire churned in his eyes like a dark, roiling sea. After a long silence, he spoke in a low voice: "Do you know how long I've been looking for you?"

Theme: Work hard at life, and you'll reap the rewards!