Original Title: 红尘四合
Author: You Si Jie
Raw Link: Hong Chen Si He
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Synopsis:
Being an executioner sounds frightening, but it’s just a way to earn a living.
When the legitimate daughter of the Wen family, Wen Dingyi, was young, her father committed a crime. Overnight, their prosperity collapsed, and their life of silken clothes and jade meals seemed like just a dream. The family members either died or were exiled, leaving only her, rescued by her wet nurse.
To survive, Dingyi disguised herself as a boy and apprenticed under Wu Changgeng, the most famous executioner of Shuntian Prefecture. Through winter and summer, she grew to seventeen years old.
One day, she left home without checking the almanac and carelessly offended the Seventh Prince. To him, a descendant of the imperial family, looking at her was no different from looking at an insect. Just as Dingyi was about to be dragged away and chopped like a melon, with her life hanging by a thread, someone strolled over and, with a few casual words, saved her little life.
He wore an official uniform of bluish-gray with embroidered dragons, had refined features, and a jade-like profile. That air of dignity looking down upon all living beings was unforgettable to her for life.
Much, much later, Dingyi once asked him about his first impression of her. He raised an eyebrow and said, “Short, effeminate, standing under the blazing sun with your head tilted and eyes squinting, like a simpleton.”
Dingyi: “…”
