[Abandoned project, don’t start reading. No set date for updates. I don’t know why, but every time I write the romance progression, the story falls apart. I’ve already wrecked three romance novels in a row. = = If I ever go back and finish this one... I still haven’t figured out how to fill in the rest. Romance is just too hard to write. = = I’ve wrecked three carefully outlined romance novels in a row, so here’s my advice: don’t make your outline too detailed, especially for romance. If I ever make another detailed outline and stubbornly write another story with a big romance focus, I’ll hang myself. Love is a damn pain.]
*The main story is written in third person.
A new female ghost arrived in the underworld.
I, the lord of this hall, detested her. She was vicious, narrow-minded, and selfish. She defied her punishment, beat up the little ghosts, and stole treasures. She didn’t deserve to enter the cycle of reincarnation and be granted another life.
I was so troubled that I looked into her life among the living, only to find her wretched in every way.
So I secretly sent her into the cycle of reincarnation and gave her a new life.
One mistake led to another. I fell in love with this evil ghost.
But she didn’t smile only at me.
She went after the Kings of Hell in the other nine halls, the soul ferryman who guarded the River of Three Lives... She even went after the underworld officials serving under me.
She was driving me mad. I wanted to fall into depravity with her, and even death would not bring me peace.
*The male lead is Bi Yuanbin, one of the Ten Kings of Hell in ancient Chinese mythology, who rules the Sixth Hall. He oversees the Great Calling Hell and the City of the Wrongfully Dead. Those who defy their parents, fail to show filial respect, or blame Heaven and Earth are sent to this prison, where little ghosts tear them apart, drive awls into them, and burn them. After their sentences, they are sent to the Seventh Hall. [Excerpted from Baidu Baike. All the underworld information in the story comes from Baidu. Information on the Northern and Southern Dynasties is based on historical records.]
*Serious historical research nerd X
*The title changed after completion. Make sure you recognize it by the cover.
*The mortal-world arc is supernatural horror with mild scares. It’s best not to eat while reading it~
From my author page: I Want to Save That Honest Official. A femme fatale × a virtuous official of a century
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A ruthless nobleman set his sights on me as a plaything to make his beloved wife smile. In the midst of misery, I was saved by Xie Wuqing.
Xie Wuqing was the rare honest official the imperial court saw once in a hundred years. He had a great love for all, was loyal to the emperor and devoted to his country, and was peerlessly handsome, upright, and pure. To the people, he was a living immortal; to the gods, a devout believer; and to me, a beacon of light.
He protected and cherished me, gave me a surname and a name, taught me to read and write, and helped me open a shop and become its owner. He helped me live a life utterly unlike that of other women.
But he died.
He had punished his beloved wife’s younger brother according to the law, and his wife spent the whole night crying in the arms of a powerful nobleman.
The entire Xie family was sentenced to death, and I was once again reduced to a plaything, dying a miserable death on a winter night.
When I opened my eyes again, I had been reborn as the nobleman’s most cherished favorite. I was his weakness, a blade that could kill him.
This time, I would destroy his beloved wife, bring down the nobleman, and protect the only beacon of light in my heart.
*The main story is written in third person.
*An imaginary Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, with sweetness amid the chaos.
*One couple at a time. The nobleman arc is a melodramatic, passionate battle of love and hate; the honest official arc is about healing and mutual salvation.
Theme: A love that is truly sincere and kind can save anything.
