Love in Red Dust

Being an executioner sounds frightening, but it’s just a way to earn a living. When the legitimate daughter of the Wen family, Wen Dingyi, was young, her father committed a crime. Overnight, their prosperity collapsed, and their life of silken clothes and jade meals seemed like just a dream. The family members either died or were exiled, leaving only her, rescued by her wet nurse. To survive, Dingyi disguised herself as a boy and apprenticed under Wu Changgeng, the most famous executioner of Shuntian Prefecture. Through winter and summer, she grew to seventeen years old. One day, she left home without checking the almanac and carelessly offended the Seventh Prince. To him, a descendant of...