[The short version: After marrying her archrival, the capital's crime-solving rate actually goes up!]
One moment, Ming Shiyi was solving a murder case. The next, she received an imperial decree arranging her marriage.
As fate would have it, her betrothed was none other than her longtime nemesis, Ling Qi, a deputy director in the Ministry of Justice.
The news quickly spread, and the marriage between the Ming and Ling families became the talk of high society.
Some said that Ming Shiyi was arrogant and overbearing, while Ling Qi was cold-blooded. At last, these two wicked people had gotten what they deserved!
Others said the pair had never gotten along, and if they could actually obey the imperial decree and marry, then pigs would fly, ghosts would appear in broad daylight, snow would fall in June, and evil spirits would possess the living!
Most people, meanwhile, showed up at every gathering with their gold and valuables, betting on which of them had the guts to go to the palace and call off the wedding...
But the high and mighty waited and waited, until at last the wedding day arrived...
Ming Shiyi looked at the groom, clad in bright red wedding robes, staggering on his feet and flushed in the face. "You're this drunk. Are you going to be any use later?"
Ling Qi: "How could I be useless at a time like this?"
"Then hurry up and change. You're coming with me to reexamine the crime scene!"
"..."
Premise: Justice will prevail
