I Saved a Brocade Guard

[I was wrong. I shouldn't have been working on two stories at once. This one isn't doing very well, so updates may be very slow from now on. If you're interested, you can save up chapters to read later. *tears*]

Coming soon: The Crane-Taming Handshake, a bold, unruly, flirtatious young woman from a humble family x a noble young master from an illustrious clan, as aloof as a flower on a high peak

Lively, clever, clear-headed heroine x arrogant, soft-hearted, stubborn hero

Chen Xiangxing first met Xue Heng on a rainy night in the twelfth year of Chongde. He was being hunted. After suffering serious injuries, he collapsed in the woods.

As a doctor, she calmly upheld her professional duty to save lives, tending to his wounds and taking him in to recover at her farmstead for over half a year.

Later, the young man left without a word. At last, the Chen family of Jinling remembered the illegitimate daughter who had been living away from home. They escorted her back with much fanfare, claiming to have arranged a fine marriage for her:

Xue Heng, the newly appointed Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, a dissolute, ruthless man whose name could frighten children into silence.

At a spring banquet, Chen Xiangxing was implicated in a palace secret and thrown into prison.

Her prospective fiancé drew his sword and stood before the palace guards preparing to torture her. When he looked at her, the peach-blossom eyes that were usually so ruthless softened with tenderness like flowing water.

"Pengpeng, it's been a long time."

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From childhood, Xue Heng had been raised by the royal family to be its sharpest blade. He never knew which day he might suddenly disappear from the world, until that rainy night.

The girl who was always either bickering or fighting with him reached out to help him escape the Eastern Depot's pursuit. She stayed with him through the long, dark night and into the first light of dawn as he lay gravely wounded.

She said, "Xue Heng, staying alive matters more than anything."

Pengpeng, who held his hand on that rainy night; Pengpeng, who always believed in him; Pengpeng, who would never give up on him, no matter what anyone else said...

She was also the only spring in his dull, uneventful life.

[Reading notes]

1. Updates before signing will follow the rankings. After signing, there will be daily updates. If I can't update for any reason, I'll post a leave notice.

2. I am only responsible to readers using legitimate copies.

3. The setting is fictional, with inspiration from the institutions of the Ming dynasty.

Theme: A peaceful and prosperous age must be built by all of us