The Crescent Moon Twines the Branches

Jiang Ling is the former concubine of a seventh-rank official in Luoyang. When she was six years old, after witnessing her biological mother's self-immolation, Jiang Ling lost the ability to speak and became mute. Even though she had a stunning appearance, no serious person would take her as a wife for a mute disabled person. In the late autumn when she was sixteen, an old eunuch of the first and fifth grades wanted to take her as his concubine, and her father happily sent her away. But the old man was unlucky. He happened to be assassinated that day, and Jiang Ling was sent back the same way. Because of this, she was assigned the fate of an evil star and became increasingly unpopular. In February of the following year, her father sent her to a village in the countryside, and it goes without saying that he wanted to abandon her. A thief jumped out halfway up the road. Hearing the thief's dirty words about robbing her, Jiang Ling quietly pulled out the silver hairpin from her hair and prepared to kill herself. Just as the long hairpin was pressed against his throat, the car door was suddenly pushed open. It was not the group of bandits, but a young man with cold, proud and handsome features. He took the hairpin from Jiang Ling's hand and put it back into her bun, speaking in a lazy tone. "Why are you seeking death and survival?" Jiang Ling thought that the two of them just met by chance, so she put aside the matter of thanking him. One day when the spring rain stopped, she sat in front of the window and was lost in thought. Along with the fresh earthy smell came a branch of spring apricot stained with rain and dew. She looked up and saw the young man's handsome face. "Broken from the mountain next door, one tael of silver per branch." Jiang Ling shook her head silently. She was very poor and had no money to buy this apricot flower. The young man paused for a few breaths and then changed his words. "It's okay to give it to you." That day, more than one spring apricot caught her eye. Reading Guide Emotional cookies slow heat Aphasic, weak beauty vs cold, arrogant, pure and sexy killer Intention: Born toward the sun