The Little Princess’s Secret Guard

Synopsis

The year of the winter snow, Shen Panyan’s old illness flared up. On her way to the Imperial Retreat, she encountered bandits and fainted on the spot from shock. After waking, she was tormented by nightmares day and night, unable to sleep, fearing she wouldn’t survive the winter.

An illness of the heart requires a remedy for the heart. Upon hearing this, the Emperor assigned a Shadow Guard from the Shadow Guard Corps to the princess.

The newly arrived Shadow Guard was defiant in nature and gave everyone a cold shoulder. If provoked, he would be even more sarcastic and mocking.

However, the Princess liked him very much and gave him the name Lin Xiao.

It was known to everyone at the Imperial Retreat that the Princess showed the utmost favor to her personal guard. She tolerated all his mistakes, treated him exceptionally well, and even personally crafted a Safety Knot (Ping’an Kou) to give to him.

The originally cold and indifferent Shadow Guard also began to soften bit by bit in front of the Princess. He violated the forbidden rules, removed his mask in her presence, lowered his head, and offered his loyalty.

“From this day forward, Your Highness is this subordinate’s only Master.”

Shen Panyan already understood that she was a Princess and he was a Shadow Guard; a relationship between them was impossible. If her Imperial Father found out, he would die. Therefore, she constantly tried to keep her distance from him. To make him give up, she deliberately got close to the young master of the Duke of Rong’s Residence.

She saw his expression remain flat and watched as he showed no reaction, assuming he had truly given up. Her heart instinctively breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Panyan planned to request his transfer from her Imperial Father, grant him his freedom, and then put her own life back on track by marrying the young master of the Duke of Rong’s Residence. The young master of the Duke of Rong’s Residence was a warm person. His personality was somewhat similar to Lin Xiao’s, and she was willing to marry him.

Until one dark and stormy night.

He suddenly appeared in her room, entered her bed curtains, and approached her step by step. His attitude was forceful, yet his posture was extremely humble.

He kissed her lips. Looking at her trembling eyelashes, his voice was slow and deliberate.

“Your Highness, do you truly not like this subordinate?”

An Jiu (Shadow Nine) was the most skilled Shadow Guard in the camp.

He had long planned his own future: he desired freedom, a normal life, and no longer wished to be a Shadow Guard hidden in the dark, never seeing the sun.

But later, he only wished to stay hidden in the dark, guarding his Princess for a lifetime.

Delicate Princess (Jiao Jiao Gongzhu) x Rebellious Shadow Guard (Jie Ao Bu Xun An Wei)