I Seduced the Chief Minister and Ran Off, but Three Years Later, He Trapped Me for Good

[Historical Romance + Female Disguised as a Man + Marriage Before Love + Yandere]

Shen Yan, who disguised herself as a man, placed first in all three imperial examinations, and became the "Jade-Faced King of Hell" at the Imperial College, had done one truly outrageous thing in her life: three years ago, she pinned her poor classmate down in a bathtub at the back of the mountain, felt his abs, then pulled up her pants and ran away that very night.

Three years later, that poor scholar had transformed into Pei Xingji, the powerful prime minister who could kill without batting an eye, a living King of Hell.

All of the capital is saying the prime minister is coughing blood, frail, and near death. Yet Pei Xingji corners Shen Yan in a teahouse, offering the late emperor's immunity-from-death token and one hundred thousand taels of gold to trick her into a fake marriage that will bring him good fortune.

"A fake marriage? Separate bedrooms? I get to manage the keys to the Pei family's fortune?"

Shen Yan is overjoyed: Even if this easy life is hard to swallow, I'll force it down!

But on their wedding night, this frail, ailing man drops his disguise.

Not only does he take a knife for her and bleed, he casually hands her the roster of every hidden guard and death squad in the city. Night after night, he loosens his collar and pretends to cough blood: "My lady, my back hurts. Hold me."

Even worse, every classmate who so much as looks at her is quietly sent away to a provincial post, and every hint of romance she casually attracts is crushed to dust!

Shen Yan panics completely. "Pei Xingji, you knew I was a woman all along?!"

The man pins her against the desk, his laugh sick and obsessive:

"You touched my body three years ago. Did you think... after taking my belongings, you could really get away?"