[Dual Male Leads · Playing the Fool to Fool the Enemy · Both Chaste, Happy Ending · Substitute Marriage · Deadly Push and Pull · Powerful Team-Up · Marriage First, Love Later]
[Violent and ruthless yet frail regent gong × Gentle, beautiful, strong yet arrogant assassin shou who pretends to be obedient]
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Question: What do you do when you marry the target your employer ordered you to kill?
Answer: Naturally, you win him over with love!
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To save his younger sister, Xiao Qingmu takes another woman’s place in marriage to Xie Yun, the regent everyone says is brutal, violent, and thoroughly wicked.
The good news: Xie Yun is poisoned and has little time left.
The bad news: Even weakened by illness, Xie Yun is still every bit as ruthless.
Afraid Xie Yun will kill him if he gets angry, Xiao Qingmu pretends to love him and acts meek and obedient.
And so, the two begin a battle of wits within the prince’s manor.
Xiao Qingmu: “My lord, I truly do love you. You have to believe me.”
Xie Yun: “I’d rather sleep with you than believe you.”
Xiao Qingmu: “?”
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As his act of obedience gradually falls away, Xiao Qingmu’s assassin’s pride begins to show.
He presses the broken sword he treasures against Xie Yun’s neck, his voice trembling. “My employer ordered me to kill you. Xie Yun, do you have anything to say?”
Xie Yun grips the sword’s tip and laughs brazenly. “Could you really bring yourself to kill me, Your Highness?”
“I couldn’t.” Xiao Qingmu tosses the sword aside and rushes to Xie Yun, holding him tight. “We haven’t consummated our marriage yet. How could I bear to?”
