On the day she married her sister-in-law, Shen Yuan knew that the regent Xiao Yan was waiting for her to die.
Everyone in the capital said that a princess who was born as a princess would not survive the wedding night. Sure enough, when he was worshiping, he coughed up blood and fell to the wedding hall, and the whole family regarded her as a monster of the husband. But Shen Yuan knew better than anyone else - the power in the hands of this "sick man" was more secure than the emperor's throne.
She started to act: being scared to tears, being wronged, and secretly crying at the moon at night. He became even more seriously ill and had a heart-breaking cough, but he always appeared "just in time" when she was in danger.
Until one night, she climbed over the wall to secretly meet with her old subordinates. When she returned home, she found his wheelchair waiting in the corner. Under the moonlight, the man slowly wiped the blood on his hands and smiled softly and dangerously: "Princess, you are very skilled."
"What a pity." He took her hand and pressed it on his chest, "This place has been yours for a long time."
Shen Yuan froze - because his heartbeat was steady and he was not sick at all.
But when she put the dagger against his throat, he smiled instead: "Restore the country? Why not restore me?"
