I got married, instead of marrying the regent Xiao Jue who was rumored to be ill from coughing up blood and dying soon.
Everyone was waiting to see me, the "substitute princess", become a widow and become a joke in the whole capital.
On the day of his wedding, he was coughing so much that he could hardly go to the wedding hall and couldn't even hold the wedding scale. I lowered my eyebrows and acted as the most qualified chess piece, but in my heart I was thinking about when I could steal the key defense map.
Until that night, I put on my night clothes and sneaked into his study full of traps. In the darkness, a cold hand grasped my wrist accurately, with astonishing strength.
A low and playful voice sounded in my ears: "My beloved concubine, who are you still running for so late?"
I was startled, and turned around. What I met was a pair of eyes as deep as a cold pool, not even remotely sick.
He pressed me against the wall, his warm breath brushing my ears, with a hint of smile: "Perhaps, you and I are loyal to the same 'World'?"
I'm confused. My disguise, my hatred, and my heart all collapsed in that low laugh.
