Forced to Switch Brides With a Tyrannical Minister? The Assassin Princess Consort Makes a Game of It

A scheming assassin princess × a seemingly sickly, secretly cunning regent

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In her previous life, the ruthless, cold-blooded assassin Shen Qiuyu made a life-or-death wager in the underworld with Xiao Ruochu, an abandoned daughter of a marquis who had suffered endless hardship. They exchanged fates.

To break free from the constraints of her family, Shen Qiuyu asks to switch brides and marries into the Prince Regent’s household, becoming the wife of Fu Yizhao, a prince regent rumored to be sickly, violent, and uninterested in women.

Everyone says she is walking straight into a tiger’s jaws.

Shen Qiuyu has other plans: “Couldn’t be better. We each get what we want. I won’t give him my heart or my body.”

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At first, Fu Yizhao is on guard at every turn, convinced she is a spy planted by the marquis’s household. He schemes and tests her at every opportunity.

Shen Qiuyu takes it all in stride, showering him with sweet words that could melt anyone’s heart. Every line is lovely, not one word sincere.

*

Later, political schemes entangle them in love and hatred, and their feigned flirtation throws both of them off balance.

He holds back and keeps his feelings in check, yet falls deeper with every step. Though he wields immense power, he is utterly helpless against his wife and her endless lies.

She stays clearheaded and composed, always weighing the pros and cons. Yet, under his quiet protection, the cold-hearted instincts of an assassin, carved into her very bones, begin to falter.

*

By the pond in the prince regent’s garden, Shen Qiuyu holds a fishing rod over the water. The hook hangs among the ripples, bare, without a scrap of bait.

Fu Yizhao walks over slowly. His eyes fall on the bare hook, and his brows knit together. “Why fish without bait?”

The evening breeze drifts through the pavilion. She lowers her gaze to the rippling water, her expression gentle and her voice light. “No bait needed. Just wait. The fish will bite soon enough.”

“With no bait on the hook, how can you expect a fish to bite?”