Lin Wanyin transmigrates into a book and becomes the lowliest palace maid in the Eastern Palace.
As a severe social phobe, she stammers and tears up whenever the Crown Prince so much as looks at her during the day. She’d love nothing more than to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Then the System issues a quest: [Collect five million taels for the Crown Prince’s private treasury to receive a deserted island where you’ll never have to socialize again!]
For the island!
By day, Lin Wanyin meekly serves tea and water. By night, she dons a Prajna demon mask and becomes Great Chu’s top female assassin.
Crown Prince Chu Xuanche is targeted by a string of assassination attempts. At his wit’s end, the masked assassin bursts through the window and pulls out an abacus.
“Your Highness, interested in our contract killing service? One hundred taels per target, fifty extra for a live capture, and twenty percent off your first job tonight.”
The mad Crown Prince laughs in anger. “Fine! Tonight, stand by my bed and read me the account book. I’ll pay by the word!”
Later, the whole capital knows the Crown Prince keeps an unmatched assassin who only cares about money, and that he throws money around every day just to see her.
Then, one day, a palace coup erupts. The useless little palace maid is cornered. Sobbing in despair, she closes her eyes and kicks an assassin ten meters away.
“Waaah, Your Highness! That kick counts as special security, so that’ll be an extra two thousand taels!”
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