Reborn office worker Wen Yimu had planned to keep her head down and get through three years of missions, then head back to the modern world and enjoy her freedom.
But with just three days left before her assignment ended, the emperor issued a decree marrying her off to Lou Yu, who was about to wed for the third time.
He was a down-on-his-luck literary prodigy, spurned by a princess and rejected by noblewomen, outwardly a wastrel but actually a brilliant man whose talents had gone unrecognized.
The System forced them together: “Help him rise to the top of the court, or you will never be allowed to return.”
What the hell!
Wen Yimu angrily smashed her teacup. “Give me a knife. A big one.”
She didn’t want to live anymore.
She had finally made it to the end.
And now they were adding another mission.
But before she could get her hands on a knife, the sweet rewards of a marriage that turned into love quietly began to bloom.
She was an expert at pretending to be obedient, while he concealed his sharp edge beneath a cool exterior.
From mutual contempt to teaming up for face-slapping comebacks, they fought their way through palace intrigue, household rivalries, and the storms of court politics.
As the Empress Dowager’s schemes, an old flame’s return, and their political enemies’ attacks came one after another,
this ridiculous pair somehow grew sweeter the more they bickered and closer the more they fought. In the end, she stopped holding back and bared her fangs.
He rediscovered his ambitions and turned his brush into a sword. Together, they would write a tale of a formidable woman’s rise and a romance that brought both laughter and tears.
