A Hidden-in-Plain-Sight Heroine x A Fallen Young Master from a Great Clan
A young girl's adventures in the jianghu: the first half takes place among martial artists, the second in the imperial court.
He seems as pure and noble as moonlight, yet somehow learned on his own how to fight openly and scheme behind the scenes.
My next book is scheduled to start around late September or October~
For twenty years, Princess Kaiyang has guarded the northern frontier. One of her greatest wishes is for her daughter to be well-read and become a proper young lady.
After Hua Jiming finished the Four Books and Five Classics, laying a solid foundation for reading popular tales, she plunged headfirst into all kinds of wuxia novels and secret chronicles of the jianghu. Nothing could pull her away.
After three months roaming the sea of books and a trip around the water towns of Jiangnan, sixteen-year-old Hua Jiming decided to go out and make her mark in the jianghu.
She packed a small bundle, planted her black-gold saber in the snow, and stood ramrod straight before Princess Kaiyang, speaking like a hero from the storybooks: "I'm off. I'll make a name for myself out there!"
Five years later, the Huaiyin case came to light, the crown prince fell gravely ill, and powerful clans crumbled. The court was in turmoil, with a storm brewing on the horizon.
That same year, Pingjiang Tower, the biggest tavern in the capital, rose to fame. It was known for its distinctive food and drink and its savvy management, but also for its covert intelligence trade, making it the capital's largest intelligence network.
Hua Jiming first met Pei Yan in a water town in Jiangnan. She was chasing a flying thief after stepping in to help, and barged by mistake into his private room. Young Pei Yan calmly held his teacup and glanced at her with an air of nonchalance. They crossed paths briefly a few more times, and his words and actions were full of the haughty airs of a great clan that Hua Jiming disliked.
Hua Jiming met Pei Yan for the second time at a branch of Pingjiang Tower. She recognized him by the sound of his guqin. She watched him roll up his sleeves and pour wine for guests, his face warm and composed; watched him swallow his anger and flatter them; watched him secretly gather intelligence to save his family, which was nearing its end; and watched as he was cornered, pulled out a hairpin, and held it to a man's throat, ready to go down together.
She dropped from above, held her long saber between the two, and knocked the unruly guest unconscious with one punch.
Then she turned and offered her hand to the disheveled young man with a bright smile.
"Do you want to come with me? You work for me, and I'll avenge you."
Theme: Standing up for justice
