Why Does Mr. Xie Favor Me?

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Xie Heng, the head of the prestigious Lantai Xie clan and the youngest Left Vice Director of the Secretariat in the Southern Dynasty, held immense power. Known for his peerless grace and beauty, he was the dream of every noblewoman in the capital. Yet, having lost his parents at a young age, he bore the crushing weight of his family’s survival alone, his mind consumed by the singular goal of preserving his clan’s legacy.

Xiao Jue was a military officer of humble origins who carved a path through the rigid barriers of the aristocracy with nothing but raw courage and distinguished military service. Like a blade drawn from its sheath, he trusted only the spear in his hand, not the whims of fate.

Their paths crossed in a bamboo forest by the winding waters of Lanting, where the young general stumbled upon the head of the great clans playing the zither. That single glance marked the beginning of a lifelong obsession. Xiao Jue offered his sincere heart with clumsy gestures—a captured Northern dagger for protection, a hand warmer heated by his own body—only to be met with Xie Heng’s cold, aristocratic distance: “General Xiao, please conduct yourself with dignity.”

To the world, Xie Heng was Xiao Jue’s greatest adversary. He suppressed the reports of Xiao Jue’s military achievements to block his promotion, watched coldly as the nobility attacked him in court, and even publicly humiliated him, calling him nothing more than a dog at the Xie family’s gate. But in the silence of his study, Xie Heng sat alone until dawn, burning secret letters that sought to frame the general. He suppressed the military merits only because the Emperor had grown suspicious; one step further would have meant death. The insults he hurled were wounds he inflicted upon himself.

When the Northern Dynasty invaded, Xie Heng’s political enemies sought to bury Xiao Jue and his army at the border. While the court believed the general was doomed, the normally restrained and elegant Xie Heng stood before the Emperor. Risking his entire clan to guarantee Xiao Jue’s safety, he abandoned his lifelong adherence to decorum and threatened the throne itself. He had lived for his family and been trapped by tradition until Xiao Jue’s fire burned through his shackles. If following the rules could not bring peace to the land, he would personally tear down the throne to forge a prosperous era of their own.

Raw Novel Name: 謝公為何偏憐我