Sweet, adorable female thief x two-faced Minister of the Court of Judicial Review (unfinished, don't read)
The Jianghu's female thief, Tao Jinmiang, also known as Tao Shi, fell off a cliff after a heist went wrong.
When she woke up, she found herself sitting in a bridal sedan. She had become Wei Mingqing, the youngest daughter of the Wei family, who was about to marry Cui Yan, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
Everyone said that Cui Yan was a gentleman who held himself to the highest standards and followed all the rules of propriety.
But nobody knew that all Tao Shi had to do was crook her finger slightly, and Cui Yan would blush, pull her onto his lap, and ask her to kiss him.
*
If you spend enough time walking by the river, sooner or later you'll get your shoes wet. Tao Shi's wolf's clothing was finally torn away.
The thief he'd been hunting for years was none other than the person he shared his bed with, and not only had he failed to notice, he'd been completely fooled.
Cui Yan, usually so gentle, turned cold as he snatched the dagger from her hand and cornered her in a narrow space. "Once I find the real Wei Mingqing, I'll send you to prison. Until then, keep your fox tail tucked away."
Tao Shi unexpectedly lost her sight. She thought Cui Yan might give her a hand out of consideration for their marriage, but he mercilessly shook her hand away.
Still smiling, she leaned toward him. She was leaving anyway, so she might as well annoy him for as long as she could.
*
Cui Yan started a fire, and Tao Shi died in the flames.
Everyone lamented that she had died young and beautiful, and that she had given her heart to the wrong person. She had barely died when Cui Yan was ordered to marry.
But nobody could have imagined that the always-proper Young Lord Cui would defy the imperial decree and flee from his wedding on the eve of the ceremony, setting off alone for a rural village.
"You lied to me! You're not dead!"
But Tao Shi didn't answer. Instead, she pushed the child behind her forward and said with a grin, "My son. Handsome, isn't he?"
Then she pointed to the man drawing water by the well. "That's my husband. You came to visit, so why didn't you bring a gift?"
P.S. Blurb written on 2024-11-01
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