On their wedding night, assassins burst in.
Shen Qingyi expects her good-for-nothing husband to be scared out of his wits, but he strikes back with a single blow, fiercer than the assassins.
That’s when she realizes that while all of the capital thinks he’s useless, he’s only pretending.
Even more ridiculous, the next day he goes right back to acting useless.
“Your Highness, you were pretty impressive in a fight last night.”
“You must have been mistaken.”
“Your concubine’s eyes work perfectly well.”
“...Then just pretend you didn’t see it.”
Shen Qingyi takes a deep breath and decides not to argue with him. She has more important things to do: deliver 23 million taels in dowry, open shops in the capital, and avenge the Shen family.
As for this prince who’s pretending to be useless? She plans to raise him into an emperor.
After all, the seat of empress is hers, and hers alone.
