A Match Made in Splendid Silk

Luo Jin refused an arranged marriage, so she ran away from the imperial decree ordering her to wed.

When they first met, Luo Jin kindly tried to save someone, but gave him the wrong medicine and nearly got herself killed.

The next time they met, he was an official from the capital, and he looked at her with a meaningful gaze.

Capital Official: “You…”

Luo Jin: “I don't know you! We've never met! We're not close!”

Capital Official: …

*

Later, Luo Jin became the official's “little sidekick.” She often threw her weight around and bullied people under his protection, until someone cursed her as “a lackey of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, doomed to die a miserable death.” Then, layer by layer, her secret identities were finally exposed.

Medicine Valley: “Junior Brother, why join the Embroidered Uniform Guard? Isn't it better to be the darling of Medicine Valley?”

Qianji Sect: “Junior Uncle, we don't earn dirty money from the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Come back and be our sect leader.”

Black Cavalry: “What? Someone bullied our General Furong? We'll march our hundred-thousand-strong army and flatten the Northern Garrison Command!”

The Emperor: “Dear daughter, if he's led you astray like this, then this marriage can be called off!”

Yuan Shaohui: …

*

They say the Embroidered Uniform Guard is the Emperor's sharpest blade and most loyal dog.

But when the young Emperor saw the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard mending his elder sister's clothes, he hesitated to speak.

Young Emperor: “Lord Yuan, the embezzlement case…”

Yuan Shaohui: “Ask the Court of Judicial Review.”

Young Emperor: “The Northern Hutong…”

Yuan Shaohui: “Ask the Ministry of Justice.”

Young Emperor: “My elder sister…”

Yuan Shaohui's expression changed. “What happened to my wife?”

Young Emperor: …MMP

"A woman disguised as a man, tons of secret identities, episodic mystery stories. Don't ask, she's good at everything…"

P.S. This lousy author's writing is all over the place. The dynasty and characters are entirely fictional, so don't nitpick the historical details!

The pace is fast, so the story is expected to be around 500,000 words long, give or take.