The Minister of the Court of Justice Suspects Himself Every Day

[A penniless, hot-tempered heroine with exceptional fighting skills x a seemingly gentle but secretly scheming hero]

Luo Qingqing disguised herself as a man to investigate a case. She snuck into the residence of the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review and held a knife to his neck.

"My lord, hire me as a bodyguard. Twenty taels a month."

Su Shuyue didn't move. "You're a rough-and-ready wanderer. What makes you think I'll agree?"

Luo Qingqing grinned. "The fact that I managed to break in. Your subordinates aren't up to the job, are they?"

Later.

She realized Su Shuyue wasn't as simple as he seemed. He looked like a frail scholar, but was full of tricks behind the scenes.

Su Shuyue also realized something was off about Luo Qingqing. She claimed to be a man, but her shoulders were far too narrow.

They both kept their secrets and neither exposed the other.

Until one night, Luo Qingqing's disguise came undone.

Su Shuyue looked at her in silence for a long time, then said just one thing:

"I knew from the start that you were a woman."

Luo Qingqing: "?"

"Then why did you hire me?"

"Because..." He paused. "I wanted to see how long you could keep up the act."

Blurb for the new novel

[A timid, cautious, penny-pinching heroine x a cool, aloof hero who falls in love without realizing it]

Yue Yao transmigrated into a cultivation novel, but not into a very good part. Not the beginning, but the last page of the whole book.

The immortal sect had already attacked the mountain gate, and poison was being poured down her throat. This body belonged to the Moon Venerable, a villain who survived until the ending, only to have the male lead pierce her heart with his sword.

The original story had already used up every possible escape route.

So she picked up an immortal lord.

Strictly speaking, she muddled her way into picking him up, then muddled her way into binding him with a [Life-and-Death Pact].

The immortal lord was named Mu Yan, and he was as cold as ice. She made him a flower crown, and he called it "boring". When she couldn't walk any farther, he would stride ahead, but as soon as the rope tightened, he would stop and wait for her.

Yue Yao was quite satisfied. He was a little cold, but at least this immortal lord wasn't hunting her down.

If only she had looked down at the jade pendant on his waist, she might not have been so satisfied.

Six characters were carved on the pendant: Piaomiao Peak, Lin Xianzhi.

He was the very person who beheaded the Moon Venerable with his own hands in the original story.

One day, a subordinate came over and said, "Your Highness, the person traveling with you looks very familiar."

Yue Yao didn't care in the slightest. "Oh? As long as it isn't Lin Xianzhi, that sworn enemy of mine, who cares who it is?"

Her subordinate looked at her as if to say, You're done for. "Isn't that Lin Xianzhi of Piaomiao Peak?"

Pfft.

When in doubt, just play dead.

Unfortunately, playing dead was no use. That certain-death ending was still hanging over her head.

So on the day the immortal sect surrounded the mountain, a puppet went out in her place. It had thirty percent of her power, and even its aura was an almost perfect copy. The puppet took the sword strike for her.

Meanwhile, Yue Yao herself was lying on a rocking chair in the courtyard, fanning herself with a little fan.

Ha! She'd finally escaped the original story's control.

A few days later, though, a demon barged into her courtyard.

A flash of sword light cut down the intruder, and someone stepped out of the light.

It was Lin Xianzhi.

His gaze locked firmly onto her.

"Found you."

The fan in Yue Yao's hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

Theme: Face the sun with optimism. Justice will never be absent.