Defiling Jade

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As the trusted aide of the Grand Princess, the female official Lin Wan not only manages her estates, but also has an important additional duty: selecting male companions for the widowed Grand Princess, who governs as regent.

With so many scholars volunteering to share her bed, Lin Wan must assess their appearance and character and carefully screen them.

One day, Lin Wan was to deliver a scholar from out of town, whom she had already selected. Her subordinates brought the man from the post station. When he learned he was being taken to the Princess’s residence, he changed his mind and tried to leave.

They couldn’t very well break their promise to the Grand Princess, so Lin Wan ordered her people to force a medicinal broth down his throat and bundle him into a carriage. Just then, a subordinate reported that they had gone to the wrong room and brought back the wrong man!

Lin Wan hurried to retrieve him, only to discover he was Song Shi, a censor recently promoted and transferred to the capital.

He was renowned for his integrity, as pure and bright as moonlight, noble as jade. Lin Wan was in a bind. She didn’t want trouble. And right now, Song Shi was on the couch in her room, the corners of his eyes red, his fingers gripping the mat as he fought to keep control, his whole body trembling as he glared at her in fury.

Lin Wan steeled herself and said, “Young Master Song, why don’t I… help you?”

The next morning, she took him back to the post station and begged him to keep the matter secret. Song Shi was deeply humiliated. Several times he tried to speak, but in the end he only managed to curse, “Absurd!” before storming off.

Song Shi soon distinguished himself and rose rapidly through the ranks. The Censorate was also known as the Orchid Terrace, and Lord Song of the Orchid Terrace became the talk of the capital. He treated everyone courteously, but with her he was always at odds.

Lin Wan tried every means to win him over, even resorting to a beauty trap… But Song Shi remained unmoved. Lin Wan sighed and decided to keep her distance.

Then, in a sudden upheaval, Song Shi was arrested and thrown in prison.

Lin Wan sensed something was wrong. That man might be dull and annoying, but he’d never embezzled anything. Feeling guilty about what had happened between them, she sent him money and valuables anonymously, hoping to help clear his name.

But one day, when she returned home, she found Song Shi standing in the hall with the money and valuables beside him. The tips of his ears flushed red as he snapped, “Do you think this means we’re even?”

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Song Shi came from a family of upright officials. From childhood, he’d been taught to stay away from people who changed their tune to suit the wind and pursued profit with slick words.

Lin Wan was exactly that sort of person.

But the more he avoided her during the day, the more often he dreamed of her at night.

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Jian Hui, daughter of an envoy, accompanied her father on a diplomatic mission to a neighboring kingdom. As soon as they crossed the border, their delegation was detained. The reason was that Lu Xuan, the young and famous Grand Commander, opposed an alliance between the two countries sealed by marriage.

Jian Hui was then selected to become a tutor in the Lu household. She had always been afraid of dealing with strangers and had struggled to keep up a convincing act. Now she was the delegation’s only hope. She had to win over the Lu family and convince Commander Lu to let them go!

Everything was going fairly smoothly, except that the jade-faced menace remained her biggest obstacle.

He caught her delivering a gift. He sneered, “Trying to cover your tracks.”

She tried to ask him a question. He blocked her way and scoffed, “Playing hard to get.”

She taught the younger members of the family, and he gave her a cold look, then tossed out another line: “Pretending to be aloof to make me chase you.”

He even declared, “As long as I’m alive, I will never let my cousin, the heir, marry a princess of Xikui.”

Jian Hui seethed inwardly. She’d tried countless times, but whenever she faced him, she grew so nervous she couldn’t get a word out. With the deadline closing in, she had no choice but to muster her courage, face Lu Xuan’s icy stare, and give him a powerful dose of medicine!

After all her efforts, they finally reached the neighboring kingdom’s capital. The court was still arguing over the marriage proposal when Lu Xuan suddenly knelt in the hall and proposed marrying Jian Hui, the envoy from Kui.

The heir was stunned. “Cousin, didn’t you say a political marriage was a pit of fire?”

Lu Xuan: “That’s right. Drowning her in delicacies and luxurious pleasures is no different from putting her over a fire and tormenting her heart and mind.”

The heir suddenly understood. “So you still can’t get over the fact that you once let your guard down, fell into her trap, and were forced to give in.”

Lu Xuan: “Women from Kui are cunning. We have to catch her off guard again, so she’ll reveal her true nature beneath that gentle exterior.”

The heir nodded. “Exactly. Even if she’s put your whole family under a spell, you won’t fall for it.”

Lu Xuan: “I’ll break the deadlock myself and make sure she has no way out.”

Jian Hui: …Fine, fine. Looks like Lu Xuan has been driven out of his mind with anger. He’s willing to pay any price just to get back at her.

· A socially anxious heroine who unknowingly charms people x a cold, arrogant hero who convinces himself he’s in love

· Fictional setting inspired by the Han, Wei, and Jin dynasties. Don’t overthink the historical details.

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