Blurb: His Shadow Guard is currently serializing—featuring a light-footed, money-loving female Shadow Guard vs. a scheming, domineering prince.

Blurb:

Xijin was the daughter of a merchant family in Ru City, blessed with jade-like purity and delicate beauty. As her parents had only her as their child, they arranged a Male Matrilineal Marriage for her with A Chou.

Xijin had always admired Second Master Huo, the scholarly man she fancied.

Now married to A Chou, though he possessed an elegant, almost celestial handsomeness, Xijin couldn’t shake her discontent. Over the years, she had put on many airs, making countless demands—even having A Chou wash her feet and massage her legs.

To all this, A Chou would lower his long lashes and silently comply.

But who could have predicted the day when the Ning family courtyard would be flooded with imperial guards?

They declared A Chou was the long-lost Imperial Grandson.

Now, he was to return and ascend the throne.

Those around Xijin looked at her with pity in their eyes.

Her willful nature and how she had mistreated her husband in the past were no secret. Now that he held such exalted status, if he chose to settle old scores, what would become of her?

Xijin was stunned. Recovering, she tossed aside the divorce letter she had prepared and threw herself into A Chou’s arms.

“My lord, I want to be your First Wife, I want to be Empress!”

As the crowd gasped, they watched the Imperial Grandson silently embrace Xijin, just as he always had.

Later, amid the envy and astonishment of all, Xijin soared to the highest branches, becoming the revered Empress who monopolized the Emperor’s favor.

Someone, unable to bear it any longer, secretly delivered the divorce letter to A Chou, now the Emperor: “She tried to divorce you, she had eyes for another, she’s just manipulating you!”

A Chou glanced coolly at the informant: “What business is it of yours?”

Overall, this is a warm marital story set in a fictional Song Dynasty-esque world.

A spoiled, capricious beauty vs. a devoted Emperor who sees only her virtues through rose-tinted glasses.

Completed works: “The Eighties: Remarrying the Neighbor Lao Wang” and “The Seventies: Remarrying My Ex’s Childhood Friend”—check them out in the column!

Upcoming work: “His Shadow Guard” in the column.

Blurb:

She was a Shadow Guard, named Thirty-Seven, later given the name Qing Ge by Prince Ning.

One day, near death, she was sent to a manor to recuperate. On the way, she was approached with an offer: she bore a striking resemblance to a noble lady who was ill. They asked her to stand in for the lady’s marriage, deceiving the groom for five months.

They offered her silver notes—a hefty sum.

Qing Ge, greedy for money, agreed.

But she never imagined the groom would be her master, Prince Ning…

Luckily, a Shadow Guard’s face was known only to heaven, earth, and herself.

She managed to deceive Prince Ning, carefully playing the role of his wife.

Prince Ning was devastatingly handsome, but his temper was violent.

One day, while hunting a traitor, he interrogated the Shadow Guards in his household. One was whipped a hundred lashes for a minor offense, left bleeding on the ground—Prince Ning didn’t bat an eye.

When the Emperor arranged his marriage to the Xu family’s daughter, Prince Ning wedded her.

The Princess Consort was beautiful and innocent. Prince Ning went from indifference to wariness, then to affection.

After ten months, she bore him a son. But when she returned from visiting her family, Prince Ning seized her by the throat and demanded: “Where is my true Princess Consort?”

Despite their identical faces, this wasn’t her.

Only then did he realize—the woman who had spent a year by his side was an imposter hired by the Xu family!

In his fury, Prince Ning left rivers of blood in his wake.

Afterwards, he searched high and low for that woman, yet the vastness of heaven and earth yielded no trace of her despite his desperate efforts.

Seven years passed, and Ning Wang’s emotions shifted from initial rage and hatred to bitter contemplation, eventually settling into a quiet, solitary coldness.

Then one day, under the dim moonlight, he lowered his gaze slightly, watching as the withered leaves of the wutong tree fell at his feet, covering the elongated shadow of the Shadow Guard behind him.

He murmured softly, “It’s you, isn’t it?”

#She must have hated him to the core, staying by his side for seven years, silently watching him search in vain.

Tags: Court Nobility, Love at First Sight, Match Made in Heaven, Sweet Story, Satisfying Read, Lighthearted

Xijin & A Chou

One-line summary: A spoiled, capricious beauty vs. a loyal, devoted emperor

Theme: Striving to live a fulfilling life