A socially awkward airhead who diligently makes poison x a short-tempered workaholic convinced his wife is an idiot
The Miaojiang army is defeated, and the Witch King offers up his saintess.
On the day the envoys escort the saintess to the capital to meet the emperor, the deposed crown prince suddenly launches a coup. The capital runs red with blood. When the old emperor hears the news, he is so enraged that he dies that very night.
The palace descends into chaos as eunuchs and maids flee in the confusion.
The saintess has only just arrived and knows no one. She hides under the imperial bed, trembling and holding her breath, terrified that the rebels will discover her.
After hiding for three days, she is starving and tries to escape, but someone yanks her out from under the bed.
A young lord radiating murderous intent stares straight at her.
The saintess, who has lived in seclusion since childhood and has barely seen any living people, quietly turns red at the ears.
The young lord: "Are you an assassin?"
The saintess shakes her head.
The woman is thin-limbed and looks like she has barely two ounces of bone. She doesn't seem like an assassin.
The young lord: "Got it. You're a beauty offered to me."
The newly widowed saintess: "Huh?"
The young lord's face darkens. "No? Then I'll kill you."
The saintess nods through her tears. "Yes, yes, yes!"
*
The new emperor ascends the throne and leaves the harem empty. Citing the mourning period, he rejects the ministers' requests to hold a selection of consorts.
The whole court is bewildered... Weren't you the one who led the rebellion? Why are you pretending to be a dutiful son now?
Though the harem has no consorts, there is a beauty hidden in the new emperor's bedchamber. Rumor says she is breathtakingly beautiful and much favored, but has neither title nor status. It is truly a pity.
*
The supposedly pitiful saintess is poisoning the new emperor.
The Witch King has ordered her to poison the emperor.
The saintess hesitates for a long time, but eventually sneaks poison into the imperial meal. Unfortunately, she's dim-witted and makes mistake after mistake, leaving obvious clues. She is soon caught.
She falls to her knees, trembling like a leaf, and babbles, "S-s-sorry, I didn't know you were allergic to arsenic!"
The new emperor: "...Who put you up to this?"
The saintess fears implicating anyone else, steels herself, and grits out, "No one else. It was just me."
The new emperor: "I don't believe you."
The saintess thinks, He loves me so much. The witness and evidence are right there, but he still refuses to believe it.
The next second, the new emperor declares firmly, "You're so stupid, you must have accomplices."
The saintess: "..."
More poison! More poison! Poison him to death!!!
#Falling for your stepmother is only natural#
P.S. Single pairing, happy ending.
Blurb captured on October 14, 2026.
Currently being completely rewritten. Add it to your favorites for now.
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