His Guanyin

Lin Chaoyin, daughter of the provincial governor of Qingzhou, is as beautiful as Xishi and as delicate as a flower. She's a notorious invalid.

Bound by a marriage contract, Lin Chaoyin is forced to travel to the capital and marry Chu Suian, the infamous commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

He is the adopted son of the powerful eunuch Yan Jin, a cold and ruthless man who kills without blinking. His reputation is so terrifying that even children stop crying when they hear his name.

A frail, innocent beauty married to a vicious demon king: the outcome is obvious.

Everyone thinks it won't be long before the bride is carried in upright and carried out in a coffin.

So they wait and wait

Only to see the innocent beauty become a high-ranking princess.

She even imprisons the once-feared demon king in her residence, where they spend their days in sensual pleasures.

No one knows that Lin Chaoyin, or the princess, is merely a mask worn by Xie Xiuning.

*

Chu Suian watches his new wife go from coughing blood in the wind before his mother one moment, to snatching a prisoner from his grasp the next, and now to using her beauty to seduce him without batting an eye. His phoenix eyes darken.

“Why don't you come in and bathe with me, husband?” From behind the gauzy screen, a pair of soft, boneless hands beckons to him.

Chu Suian's Adam's apple bobs. Not long ago, those delicate hands were ready to take his life. Now they have him completely flustered.

He had truly underestimated her.

Later, those same hands save his life from the King of Hell time and again, and pull him out of the mire of his fate.

*

Chu Suian has lived his life under the burden of an infamous name, with the executioner's platform as his inevitable end.

He thinks he'll quietly make his way through the endless night.

But the little girl he once had to coax with malt candy grows up and cleaves through the darkness to save him from danger.

From then on, she becomes his Guanyin.

#He saves the world; Guanyin saves him#

#Feigned affection turns real; a falsehood becomes true#

Alluring, calculating beauty and assassin X ascetic undercover powerbroker

Ancient Chinese Mr. and Mrs. Smith / married first, love later / mutual salvation

Romance and plot are split evenly.

The male lead was inspired by Li Xian of the Ming dynasty.

The full novel is complete, so you can read with confidence.

Blurb archived on January 26, 2026

Theme: Rather than complain about the darkness, carry a lamp and forge ahead.