1.
Wei Ling is an assassin.
She gets a System.
It’s called “Everyone’s Favorite.” Don’t get the wrong idea, it isn’t for her.
She’s an assassin. If she draws attention without meaning to, wouldn’t that ruin her reputation?
The System gives her a mission: protect the Prince of Wei, who is universally despised at the time.
It says that with her help, the prince will rise to great heights and leap from carp to dragon.
Then she can retire in peace and live to a hundred.
2.
Wei Ling shamefully falls for him.
The Prince of Wei has always been a troublemaker, chasing cats and teasing dogs since childhood. He’s seen as a hooligan among the imperial clan. His father dislikes him, his mother ignores him, and his brothers and sisters all hate and reject him.
When Wei Ling is assigned as the Prince of Wei’s hidden guard, she is devastated.
A few days later, she decides to lie flat.
Taking the attitude that what’s done is done, she goes out for a stroll every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and rides horses to admire the flowers on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Honestly, the Prince of Wei’s residence may lack many things, but free time isn’t one of them. She can doze off all day without a single serious task to handle.
But just as she finally gets around to doing some real work, she’s blinded by a row of fellow assassins lined up across the roof. She cries out in shock, “Hey, you’re all here to assassinate the Prince of Wei?!”
[Special note: The cover background is an excerpt from the original A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains. As the original artist has long since passed away, there are no copyright concerns.]
Moral: Make friends wherever you go.
