Prince Xiao Wenjin of Jing'an is known as the capital’s laziest man, and all he wants is to lie flat and coast through life.
One day, his imperial brother kicks him out of the palace and orders him to investigate a case. But on the way, bandits kidnap him.
Mistaking him for a young lady from the Mo family who’s being sent off to marry, the bandits dress him in a bright red wedding gown, plop a phoenix crown on his head, and send him straight to the altar with the chief of Changfeng Stronghold.
Xiao Wenjin: ???
Can someone do something about their eyesight?!
Rumor has it that Qin Xiao, chief of Changfeng Stronghold, is a fearsome, bloodthirsty killer. Xiao Wenjin shrinks his neck and pretends to be weak, all the while looking for a chance to escape.
But the longer they spend together, the more he realizes something is off.
The Mo family’s wrongful case, in which the entire clan was slaughtered, is shrouded in mystery. Corruption and hidden currents churn through the court, and the chief before him, who wears a demon mask, is hiding layer upon layer of secrets.
Xiao Wenjin desperately keeps his identity as a prince secret while being forced to investigate the truth alongside the chief.
But his carefully planned escape keeps getting postponed.
Xiao Wenjin: I said I’d slip away sooner or later. How did I end up tied to a bandit on the same boat without even realizing it?
Qin Xiao quietly puts on his “chief” secret identity and glances at him coolly. “Where do you think you’re going? You married me, so you’re mine.”
