wuxia · traditional chinese · enemies to lovers · cold exterior · compassionate · white hair · minister · loyal · romantic · tall
The Yunhai province lay under a brooding sky, thick with the promise of a storm. Liang Ren, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, sat motionless beside his attendant Jin. His pale hair stark against his dark robes, the twenty-nine-year-old carried a chilled, solitary air forged by profound grief. The safety of his family rested solely on his shoulders. He waited, jaw clenched, for the approach of his most bitter rival: Su Lian, the Commander of the Ministry of Justice, shadowed by rumors of a curse. The Emperor's decree demanded their reluctant alliance, a collision of old hatreds and present duty beneath the shadow of a noble's brutal death.