Assassin beauty x undercover rebel minister
Liu Yingyue was born into the Jiaofang Bureau. Thanks to her lovely face, countless powerful nobles and wealthy merchants spent lavishly on her, and so many clients wanted to buy her freedom that they nearly wore down the threshold of the Lanyue Pavilion.
But no one knew that she had been deeply in love with someone since she was young.
He gave her clothes and jewelry, taught her to read and paint, and punished the wealthy young men who bullied others with their power. Yet he had never once taken liberties with her.
Knowing her lowly origins, she didn't dare confess her feelings to him.
Then the capital fell, and the land beneath their feet became a blood-soaked field trampled by the Hu. They fled south together, wandering from place to place, exposed to the elements, and became each other's only support.
One night during their flight, she finally gathered the courage to ask if he would make a home with her. But after sighing, "Now that Zhongzhou has fallen, how can we speak of making a home?" he solemnly made her a request:
Use her beauty to seduce the infamous rebel minister.
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In the third year since leaving his homeland, Li Fuchen met a strange songstress at a banquet. Dressed in Han Chinese clothes, she lowered her eyes and played a song for the guests, singing "Yu Meiren."
The melody was tender, the voice graceful. It was the sound of his homeland, one he had not heard in a long time.
After the banquet, the songstress approached with her zither. She lowered her eyes and smiled faintly, her enchanting peach-blossom eyes brimming with affection.
He raised his eyelids and asked meaningfully, "Are you from Jinling, miss?"
She leaned forward, her fingertips lightly brushing the strings, and answered vaguely, "Your servant has just learned the latest popular songs from Jinling. If Your Excellency doesn't mind, your servant would be glad to visit your residence and sing for you."
At the time, he thought the king, clinging to his corner of the realm, had finally made up his mind to employ him again, a discarded pawn buried deep in the enemy's heartland, and had sent this woman to deliver a message.
He had no idea she had traveled thousands of miles at the command of her sworn elder brother, with the sole purpose of taking his life.
[Reader's Guide]
1. The female lead is not a virgin; the male lead is.
2. The setting is fictional, with no historical basis.
Theme: Turn back the raging tide and prop up a collapsing realm.
