Exiled to Liaodong: Criminal Officials' Daughters Line Up to Seek Refuge

Zhou Yan was a scapegoat exiled to Liaodong. After three years, he became the youngest squad leader in the border army. That winter, the capital changed hands—three major cases in a row, and the female relatives of convicted officials were all exiled to Liaodong. On the snowy plains, exile processions came one after another: a former dynasty princess, a confiscated minister's daughter, an orphaned general's daughter... More froze to death by the roadside or were seized and sold by garrison soldiers than made it to Liaodong alive. The batch that arrived alive knelt at the gate of Zhou Yan's camp. "Lord Zhou, please take us in." "We can do work, sew, tend fires—anything." "We just ask for... a place where we can sleep without being taken away." Zhou Yan looked at the row of brocade skirts kneeling before him and remembered the day he was exiled—no one had taken him in either. "You may enter the camp," he said, lowering the tent flap. "Three rules: work for your meals, no running away, and you'll also take your turn on night patrol." He thought he was being kind. Until he discovered that every "criminal woman" he took in was moving her dowry into his camp— The minister's daughter's dowry included a whole chest of medical books and prescriptions; The general's orphaned daughter had studied military manuals since childhood and could draw camp defense maps more neatly than veteran clerks; The former dynasty princess recognized the official seals of half the capital and could spot forged documents with perfect accuracy. And the snow in Liaodong grew heavier, while the exile processions kept coming. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Exiled to Liaodong: Criminal Officials' Daughters Line Up to Seek Refuge — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠