Your Highness Insists I Kill You

[Devoted, unhinged prince x peerlessly graceful dancer] * The capital’s biggest pleasure house, the Nishang Pavilion, wears sensuality as its skin and secret intelligence as its bones. Shen Lingyin, its star dancer, is famous far and wide, and the sharpest blade in its arsenal. While out on an errand, she unexpectedly saved a handsome young man, then wound up spending a passionate night with him by a twist of fate. When she came to her senses, she was furious enough to want to kill him and silence him. But looking at his peerlessly beautiful face, she ultimately couldn’t bring herself to do it. After leaving without a word, she should have known: A moment’s softness would come at a price. * She never imagined that her next mission would be to get close to this very man. The emperor’s favored third prince, Xiao Muchen. The worst part was, he recognized her too. Looking at his poised, noble, handsome, and charming appearance, she thought that for a heaven-blessed prince like him, their brief encounter that night must have been a trivial little affair, something he’d simply laugh off. He was smiling, but there was something about it that looked distinctly gritted-teeth. While she was figuring out how to escape, how to get what she wanted, and how to kill him, he insisted on taking responsibility for her? No, he insisted that she take responsibility for him. * Xiao Muchen knew she had an agenda, yet he was willing to go along with it. She was just a young woman. What had she done wrong? Whoever had put her up to it, he only had to find and kill them. But he never imagined that she would really be able to bring herself to hurt him. And even then, he still couldn’t bring himself to kill her. She broke his heart and still wanted to run? Absolutely not. Xiao Muchen kept her locked by his side, his smile gentle, his grip around her waist frighteningly tight. “Shen Lingyin, you’re so cruel.” He placed the knife in her hand and pressed it to his heart. “Isn’t my life what you want?” “Then take it.” * One-on-one · Both chaste · Happy ending * The heroine holds the emotional upper hand ^ - ^ Theme: Life goes on