[Ensemble cast + love after marriage + revenge and political schemes + everyday life + lighthearted comedy + case-of-the-week mysteries]
On her wedding night.
Chu Qingyuan, the sickly legitimate daughter of the Grand Preceptor’s household, takes off her wedding dress, disguises herself as a servant, and blends in with the wedding guests.
She changes her appearance, kills, and cleans up, all in one smooth sequence.
After changing back into her bridal clothes, she covers her mouth with a handkerchief and coughs blood, then sweetly faces her new husband, the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, who oversees the Imperial Guards.
By day, she is the capital’s most famous sickly young lady.
Though she is the Grand Preceptor’s legitimate daughter, she has endured abuse from her stepmother and was sent to a country estate as a child...
Then the emperor issues an order granting a marriage.
The Grand Preceptor’s legitimate daughter is to marry Lu Jingyue, the infamous living King of Hell and Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
Her younger half-sister refuses to marry him, making a scene and insisting she wants to enter the palace selection.
Only then is Chu Qingyuan brought back to the capital as a substitute bride.
By night, she is the current leader of a notorious assassin organization in the martial world.
She specializes in killing corrupt officials and gathering intelligence...
As they fall in love after marriage, the two reveal their secret identities, make close friends, and investigate cases together...
All while stirring up the political scene.
And unraveling the mystery of their true identities...
