Bodyguard Chen Ye has three ironclad rules: never take a job involving someone's life, never take a job without asking where it came from, and never take a court job.
As it happens, he breaks all three on the same day.
An imperial decree comes crashing down: the emperor grants him a marriage, forcing him to wed Xiao Sha, the "Doomsday Princess."
They say she was born under an evil star, bringing ruin to her parents and the world. Whoever marries her is doomed to die. Even the emperor wants to use her baleful fate to bring down an enemy nation.
Chen Ye takes the decree, weighs it in his hand, and turns to ask the eunuch, "How much is the bride price?"
The eunuch: ?
"If the bride price isn't enough, I'm not getting married!"
[Quest triggered: Safely escort Xiao Sha, the "Doomsday Princess," out of the imperial city.]
[Quest reward: Escort Points +50,000, Top-Tier Constitution ×1]
Fifty thousand escort points? Chen Ye tucks the decree into his sash and pats the bridal sedan chair that's supposedly "killed nine husbands."
"My lady, your husband is here to fetch you. At a price, of course."
Inside the sedan, silence for two seconds.
"...You're dead."
