The Mountain Lord’s Daughter (Shan Zhu Zhi Nv) 山主之女 by 藤萝为枝 Teng Luo Wei Zhi (HE)

In the winter of the 14th year of Shengping, Yue Zhiheng, a criminal of the dynasty, was sentenced to the most severe punishment: having his flesh cut off and bones scraped. Outside the iron prison cart, countless commoners gathered to watch the fall of this young, once-powerful minister.

Zhan Yunwei was among them. She had traveled thousands of miles to witness his final journey, but it was only to save another person. At the time, she didn’t realize that coldly watching this sinful ex-husband go to his death would become one of her deepest regrets—the regret that would haunt her every sleepless night, long before the spring day when her own bones would be buried.

In her past life, she had the misfortune of becoming the wife of this “dynasty hound,” and Yunwei had thought those days were sheer torment. Knowing she didn’t wish to share a bed with him, he sent her a letter in the middle of summer, its words distant and cold:

“Miss Zhan,

The evil spirits of the dynasty are rampant, and the court is overwhelmed. From now on, I will not return home at night. Do as you please.”

Once, behind her back, they had walked together under the endless moonlit sky of the dynasty, and he had softly said, “I won’t live much longer. You’ll just have to bear with it a little longer.”

But it wasn’t until Yue Zhiheng was truly dead that she realized how peaceful and precious those days had been. Only then did she begin to understand, however faintly, the bloody and vulnerable heart he had hidden beneath his harsh and ruthless exterior.

So, when Zhan Yunwei found herself once again back on that rainy and windy night from ten years ago—when Yue Zhiheng had rushed to her side, raising his sword to defy the dynasty, only to collapse in a pool of blood—this time, she didn’t walk away with Pei Yujing like before. Instead, she cradled his scarred body and told him, “Yue Zhiheng, let’s go home.”

Outwardly cold, internally a devoted husband. Strong, but tragic, weapon-forging master X Helpless but fierce, genius spirit-wielding girl.]

1. The blurb may sound serious, but this is actually a sweet romance.
2. Warnings: This isn’t a story about a strong female lead or a “big heroine.” It’s a romance with creative liberties. Includes secondary male characters like the second male lead (senior brother) and third male lead (not her biological brother), as well as a whole cast of one-sided admirers and melodramatic Mary Sue plotlines paving the way for her.
3. The male lead may seem cold and ruthless as the dynasty’s “hound,” but he’s actually righteous. He loves the female lead deeply, to the point where, even after she runs away with her senior brother, he still grits his teeth and handles the soldiers chasing her.
4. The main plot follows the protagonists as they exterminate evil spirits, protect the people, and build a prosperous era.

The female lead’s name, Zhan Yunwei (pronounced wēi), is derived from the Southern Dynasty’s “Winter Grass Ode”—”enduring the hardship of separation, yet still flourishing and full of feeling.” The male lead’s name, Yue Zhiheng, comes from the Book of Songs, Minor Odes—”as constant as the moon, as rising as the sun.”

(Credit : Orchid Tales Translations)

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