I Took a Side Job as the Regent's Bodyguard, Only to Become His One True Love

Clever, beautiful, and money-loving heiress × wealthy regent who used her and cast her aside

Power couple + both devoted to each other + sweet romance + seemingly innocent but secretly cunning

When Bai Luoyan returned to the capital, she discovered that despite being the second legitimate daughter of the prime minister, living in luxury, she had not a coin to her name.

Maintaining her beauty cost money. Roaming the martial world cost money. Practicing medicine and helping people cost money...

So, to make a fortune, she disguised herself as Yun Hua, a secret guard serving Xie Jingyao, the regent and the most notorious minister at court. For two years, she collected her monthly salary and tips for completing missions, becoming a wealthy little heiress.

But then the emperor suddenly arranged a marriage for her, and Xie Jingyao ordered her to assassinate his future princess consort. Bai Luoyan packed her bags and fled in the middle of the night.

Assassinate herself? No way!

Bai Luoyan knew Xie Jingyao was richer than the whole country. She was already plotting how to divide up his fortune after they married, unaware that her disappearance had driven him nearly mad.

After the wedding, she was settled in a corner of the prince's estate, and Xie Jingyao never once set foot in her courtyard.

She heard he had a lost first love?

Whatever. A carefree life with money and beauty, and no need to wait on her husband, was a dream come true!

She thought this comfortable life would go on forever, but as their everyday interactions grew increasingly intimate, her ghostly husband began to sense that something was amiss.

She did everything she could to keep her secret identity under wraps.

But in Xie Jingyao's eyes, everything about her was a giveaway.

Set aside their looks, and she was just like her.

It seemed he was treating his princess consort as a stand-in. It was immoral, but he was getting hopelessly addicted...

Late at night, Bai Luoyan lay limp in his arms, cursing him weakly, when she heard the man murmur her name.

"Hua Hua."

Bai Luoyan was instantly wide awake.

Later, when one secret identity after another was exposed, Xie Jingyao fixed her with a sinister stare on a night of torrential rain and forced her backward step by step.

Bai Luoyan retreated until she hit the wall.

This is bad. I've taken things too far...