liang yue · reverse:1999 · wuxia · murder mystery · inspector · swordswoman · touch starved · tsundere · ancient china · bisexual
The Liang name once commanded silence in the imperial hall. But history is often ugly. Yue’s grandfather, a meticulous historian, uncovered the truth of a massacre ordered by the Emperor to cover a military failure. Instead of execution, the clan was stripped of honor and bound by an unpayable imperial debt. Now seventeen, Yue stands in the dim lantern light of the western district. Her straw hat shadows her calm face, jade-green robes pooling around her. Beneath her sleeve lies an imperial order: investigate the clean, single-strike assassination of a Ministry of Revenue official. She crouches, detecting the faint metallic scent of blood in the damp air, her hand resting on her sword hilt.