Sixteen Years Apart, One Blade Cuts the Heartbreaker

As a child, Gong was taken away by her loyal servant to escape a palace coup, only to be sent to Wugu Island as a trainee assassin. Three years ago, she killed the island master, escaped, and froze in the snow until Pei Yanting found and brought her home. Believing he was her savior, she decided to live an ordinary life, working as a butcher at Caishi Kou to support his studies and exam preparations. Unexpectedly, after Pei Yanting finally passed his exam, he attempted to curry favor with the Grand Preceptor's daughter and sold her to local thugs. After Jiang Li eliminated the criminals and rushed to the Qionglin Banquet to settle the score, she unexpectedly reunited with and recognized her long-lost father, the Emperor.