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[Fake forced marriage, real co-conspirators as spouses]
After transmigrating, Zhu Mingfei received a payment to kill her husband.
Her father's old friend was beside himself with grief. "Yan Zhiheng killed your whole family, then forced you to marry him. I'll help you get revenge!"
She accepted the money with tears in her eyes, then turned around and added a winter coat to her "late father's" wardrobe.
After all, not a single member of her family had died.
The supposed massacre and abduction were all part of an act she and Yan Zhiheng had staged to clear their names.
Now all of the capital was telling her to kill her husband.
Some people sent money, some offered poison, and others had even arranged where she would live once she became a widow.
By day, she listened to their advice with an open mind. By night, she went over the list with her husband.
The money her enemies sent to pay for her husband's murder was just enough to support the whole family.
The two had agreed to part ways once the false case was cleared.
But Yan Zhiheng was gradually refusing to leave the act behind.
At first, he would hold her hand in public, then politely let go as soon as they returned to their room.
Later, even with the door closed behind them, he still kept his fingers entwined with hers.
Once the case was overturned, she kept her promise and handed him divorce papers.
But the powerful official, who always kept his word, took an awfully long time to sign.
"Everything else can stand."
"Could you let me take back the divorce part?"
All of the capital was teaching her how to kill him.
Only he was teaching her how to pin all the blame on him if their scheme came to light.
A clever, radiant daughter of a disgraced official who knows how to act x a stern, deep-minded young statesman who falls in love first
Ancient setting | Married first, love later | Conspirators overturn a false case | One-on-one romance, happy ending
Theme: Have the courage to pursue the truth, and trust each other enough to stand together.
