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Love in Red Dust

Love in Red Dust

Title: 红尘四合

Also Known As: Hong Chen Si He; The Four Corners of the Mortal World

Author: 尤四姐 (You Si Jie) 

Genre: Historical, Romance

Country of Origin: China

Synopsis:

Executioner—it sounds like a terrifying profession, but in truth, it is just another way to put food on the table. When Wen Dingyi, the legitimate daughter of the Wen family, was young, her father committed a crime. Overnight, their prosperity collapsed, and her days of luxury and fine clothes felt like nothing but a dream. With the rest of her family either dead or exiled, she was the only one left, rescued by her wet nurse.


To earn a living, Dingyi disguised herself as a boy and became an apprentice under Wu Changgeng, the most famous executioner in Shuntian Prefecture. Through the passing of winters and summers, she grew to the age of seventeen. One day, having failed to check the almanac for bad luck before heading out, she accidentally offended the Seventh Prince. As royalty of imperial blood, he viewed her no differently from an ant. Just as Dingyi was about to be dragged away to be sliced like a melon with her life hanging by a thread, a man strolled over. With a few casual words, he saved her life.


He wore an official robe of stone-blue embroidered with coiled dragons; his silhouette was tall and elegant, and his profile was as flawless as jade. That air of supreme nobility, looking down upon all living things, became a memory she could never forget for the rest of her life.

A long, long time later, Dingyi once asked him about his first impression of her.


He raised a brow and said, "Short, effeminate, standing out there in the blazing sun with your head tilted and your eyes squinting—looking like a complete blockhead."


Dingyi: "..."

Chapter List:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

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