Synopsis
A scheming, cold, unhinged female assassin who kills across both black and white x a battle-slaying, doting husband and charming marquis
Also known as Black and White Both Want to Die for Me
Qu Ruo Shui, a red maple assassin from Miaojiang, was once a figure feared by both the underworld and the authorities. Every assassination order she accepted ended in mountains of corpses and no survivors. She had even carried out an assassination in the capital that shocked the entire court of the Great Zheng dynasty. Even with tens of thousands of armored soldiers, she moved as though no one stood in her way. Once her blade was drawn, it was kill or be killed.
Yet this deadly female assassin suddenly vanished four years ago and never accepted another assassination order. Just as everyone thought she had put down her blade, she appeared again in the southern borderlands of Great Zheng.
After so many years, Qu Ruo Shui was once again undertaking an assassination. Following her superior's orders, she was to use a beauty trap to find an opportunity to assassinate the Marquis of Zhaonan.
So, on the day of the autumn hunt at the marquis's estate, Qu Ruo Shui disguised herself as a Miao herb-gatherer and pretended to pass through the woods by chance. One glimpse of her at the hunting grounds was enough for the marquis, Zhao Yanhua, to fall in love at first sight. Before the night was out, Zhao Yanhua had decided to marry the Miao woman Qu Ruo Shui with the full rites due a principal wife.
This left Yu Wuzheng, the young lord of the Red Maple Clan, who had been in love with Qu Ruo Shui for years, deeply displeased.
Yu Wuzheng demanded, "Qu Ruo Shui, I never knew you had a trick like this up your sleeve. How did you get the Marquis of Zhaonan to cast aside Han customs for you in a single night, and dare to defy the whole world by marrying a Miao woman like you as his principal wife?"
Qu Ruo Shui guessed that Zhao Yanhua must have mistaken her for her twin sister. The person he was truly in love with was her younger sister.
She also knew that the surrounding factions were all wary of this young marquis, who had just arrived in the southern borderlands from the capital. Known as a god of slaughter on the battlefield, he was also the commander-in-chief of the southern borderlands, with tens of thousands of soldiers at his command. If she took this opportunity to enter the marquis's estate, she might find a chance to take revenge.
Qu Ruo Shui looked up at Yu Wuzheng, tears glimmering in her eyes.
Qu Ruo Shui: "The Marquis of Zhaonan told me to serve him well..."
Yu Wuzheng: "How did you serve him last night? Show me everything!"
Qu Ruo Shui slowly undid Yu Wuzheng's belt. Just as he was about to lose control in a fit of rage, she cast a Dream-Making Gu on him. She looked at the sleeping Yu Wuzheng, smiling with a knife hidden in her smile.
"As expected, madmen are the most vulnerable. I'll give you a touch of mosquito blood, then let you have a sweet dream. At last, I can begin this game."
When Yu Wuzheng woke the next day, he believed they had spent the night together. He also discovered that Qu Ruo Shui had forgotten him. This filled him with remorse, because all Red Maple female assassins had a Forget-Love Gu planted inside them. When they truly fell in love, they would forget the person they loved.
Yu Wuzheng gazed at the dark red stain on the bed, as though it were blood dripping from his heart. "Ruo Shui, if you love me, why won't you admit it? If I had known, I would never have agreed to let you take on this assassination..."
On the day of the wedding at the marquis's estate, the master of ceremonies asked, "Marquis, the Miao people have no written language. Does your wife's name, Qu Ruo Shui, mean 'three thousand rivers of weakness'?"
Zhao Yanhua replied, "My wife is indeed a Miao woman. Her name is Sang Fu Chu."
Qu Ruo Shui stared at him in shock, never expecting him to recite her true name without a single mistake.
Zhao Yanhua took Qu Ruo Shui's hand and guided her, stroke by stroke, as she wrote her name on the marriage document. Memories and reality intertwined. The music of their wedding filled the rafters, while old memories and dreams kept surfacing in Zhao Yanhua's mind:
"Miss, what is your name?" "Sang Fu Chu."
"What a lovely name. Even rendered in Han characters according to its meaning, it would have a beautiful meaning." "What does it mean?"
"'Never forget your hometown, and help you hold fast to your original aspirations.' I hope you never forget the road you came by."
(Blurb written on 2026.10.8)
PS: A female leader who takes control of both the underworld and the authorities, one-on-one, marriage first and love later.
A satisfying revenge story, a sweet romance between two powerful leads, and a possessive love.
The female assassin's act becomes real love as she advances step by step to complete her revenge plan. After lying low, the heroine turns her body into a Gu and cultivates it into the King of Ten Thousand Gu.
Theme: Wherever the heart desires, the feet will follow.
