Entwined in Spring

#How to Get a Powerful Minister to Be My Dog

Born into a wealthy merchant family, Suiyi spent her childhood carefree, eating, drinking, and having fun, doted on by her elders and friends. Then, on the Ghost Festival night when she was a young maiden, the household servant she loved most ran away. Six years later, he returned as the commander of the Imperial Guards.

By then, the Cheng family was in decline. Hearing the Imperial Guards ransacking houses outside her inner chambers, Suiyi stepped out without hesitation and came face-to-face with the man at their head, Shuli.

They looked at each other, their positions reversed.

Yet Shuli merely bent down, his expression unchanged, to pick up the handkerchief at her feet. He clasped it in his hand and said gently, “I’ve dirtied your embroidered handkerchief, Miss. I’ll bring you a new one another day.”

The wolfhound was still as obedient as ever, and Suiyi relaxed. She kept him dangling until the young emperor ascended the throne and Shuli rose to become regent. Then he abducted her to his residence and pressed her pampered hand against his heart.

There was a slave mark carved there, bearing the character Sui.

Suiyi blinked, looking innocent. “Are you finally coming back to be my dog?”

The man, now in control of the empire, chuckled. “Suisui, I’m here to claim your life.”

People said the regent was cruel, and Suiyi would surely be tortured until she wished she were dead. Yet the very next day, the spoiled young noble who had harassed Suiyi in the street had his tongue cut out.

On the third day, the aristocratic son who had snatched Suiyi’s handkerchief had both hands chopped off.

On the fourth day, the impoverished top scholar who had proposed to the Cheng family was found dead in a mass grave.

On the fifth day...

Everyone in the capital lived in terror. A month after Shuli bathed the city in blood, Suiyi was escorted back to the Cheng family in a golden carriage, carrying a wedding dress of silk that he had woven himself, along with an imperial edict proclaiming a general amnesty and bearing the regent’s seal.

That night, Shuli slipped into her chambers and embraced the girl lounging lazily on her bed. His voice was tender as he asked, “I’ve dealt with everyone who hurt you or wanted to possess you. Suisui, will you entrust me with your life?”

Suiyi gazed steadily at him and asked softly, “How?”

He left a bite mark on the side of her neck, then kissed it gently. “Naturally... we’ll share a bed in life and a grave in death.”

#The silkworm spins its final thread before it dies: I’ll cling to you until my last breath

#May everything go Suiyi’s way

A sweet, spoiled young lady with a hidden dark side × a deranged, obsessive man with a dark side

Suiyi × Shuli

[Reader's Guide]

1. A lighthearted, sweet romance set in a completely fictional world. Everything is in service of the love story.

2. Both leads have hidden dark sides. Please don't attribute the characters' actions to the author.

Theme: Love makes people brave.