Yuan Ling was made a princess at the age of eight and sent to an enemy kingdom as a hostage. She endured constant bullying in the palace until Ji Huai, the powerful Ninth Prince, rescued her.
Who doesn’t love a hero who saves you from danger?
Six years spent together day and night, and all that love in her heart, turned out to be a joke.
Ji Huai cared only about keeping the court stable. He coldly watched the tigers fight because they hadn’t brought the mountain down yet. If they truly threatened the state, he would kill them both!
He taught her both literary and martial arts and made her excel in every skill, all so he could shape her into the finest assassin, the sharpest blade.
Wiping the blood from her hands, Yuan Ling smiled. It was all right. She would be that blade. Seizing her chance to leave the palace, she made her move and escaped the capital, following Ji Huai south.
But Ji Huai never expected that taking her south just once would make her find her way into his heart for good.
Your Highness, am I not your assassin? Why didn’t you send me on this mission?
I’m afraid you’ll get hurt.
Your Highness, I’m happy to revisit my hometown, but not as happy as I should be.
Why?
I want this city.
It’s only a city. Why shouldn’t I give it to you?
