After Marrying an Assassin, the Emperor's Identity Is Exposed

College student Leng Yi transmigrates into the body of an assassin, whose mission is to kill the cruel and ruthless tyrant from a book.

But the tyrant suffers from madness and is doomed to die young, not living past twenty-five.

So Leng Yi decides to make a halfhearted attempt at the job and wait for the tyrant to die on his own.

One day, while scouting the place, he runs into another assassin who is also after the tyrant. For some inexplicable reason, the man faints into Leng Yi's arms.

Sure looks like a setup.

Leng Yi has no choice but to carry him back.

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When the tyrant wakes up, he finds himself lying in the bed of the assassin who was trying to kill him.

The assassin is handsome but cold-faced, sharp-tongued but softhearted, and awfully interesting.

And most importantly, he's slim-waisted with long legs.

As it happens, the tyrant is a man who likes men.

So he decides to stay in the assassin's hideout to recuperate, and even offers the stone-faced assassin advice on the thirty-six stratagems for assassinating a tyrant.

They share the same interests, feel they have met too late in life, and quickly fall for each other, rolling together in bed.

They marry on an auspicious day and live happily ever after.

From then on, they enjoy a blissful life without a care in the world.

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Later, on the day the tyrant turns twenty-five, Leng Yi prepares paper money to send him off.

But then news arrives: not only has the tyrant survived, he's made a full recovery and can eat five bowls of rice in one sitting.

Leng Yi is stunned. Who gave the tyrant an immortality mode???

The assassination plan goes back into action.

After learning the tyrant likes men, Leng Yi decides to seduce him.

He hides a deadly poisoned needle in his hair, and is delivered to the tyrant's bedchamber, wrapped up in a blanket.

The blanket is lifted. Leng Yi sees the man standing by the bed with his hands behind his back, and his eyes nearly pop out of his head. Isn't that his husband?

The tyrant, whom he nursed back to robust health, leans close and pinches his chin. "The imperial physicians once said I wouldn't live past twenty-five. Now they say I can live to a hundred and five. You're the reason, so tell me, what reward do you want?"

Leng Yi: "?"

In his panic, Leng Yi ends up sitting on the poisoned needle...

That night, Leng Yi lies facedown on the imperial bed as the poison is urgently sucked from his wound...

Bonus scene:

The emperor goes missing, and the imperial bodyguards search everywhere. To their shock, they spot him at a street stall selling grilled skewers.

The emperor stands there in coarse hemp clothes, his face blank.

The young and handsome stall owner scolds him: "Why are you just standing there? Call out to customers! Don't just wait around for food!"

The bodyguards draw their swords in unison, ready to cut down the audacious kidnapper.

But then their emperor, who suffers from severe mental illness and is violent and cold-blooded, steps in front of them and forces a stiff, sinister smile. "Would you like to eat, honored guests? Please sit."

The bodyguards' legs turn to jelly, and they collapse onto the stools.

The emperor personally serves them a plate of grilled skewers and charges them two taels of silver.

What a rip-off.

The emperor hands the two taels of silver to the stall owner, whose expression changes in an instant. Smiling, he gives the emperor's terrifying cheek a hard pinch. "I'll reward you with a feast tonight."

The emperor sneers coldly. "You'd better."

Bodyguards: "?"

Your Majesty, what happened to you? Aren't you going to cut off his head?

Theme: Life is a little boat, and ideals are the sails that carry it on a long voyage.