I Play Assassin in the Eastern Palace

I am an assassin.

In my utterly unremarkable career, I had planned to slack off until the day I died. But then my superior gave me an "SSS"-rank mission: assassinate Cheng Yu.

The Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, a once-in-a-generation talent and the greatest swordsman under heaven.

Completing the mission would let me run away with the one I loved most. Following the principle of taking the roundabout route to save the nation, I relied on my sheer audacity and good looks?

? How did I actually end up becoming my target's wife ?

Gradually, I realized that although my target often said strange things to me,

he treated me very well.

On our wedding night, he didn't mistreat me. Instead, he smiled and performed amusing magic tricks for me. Before the white jade steps, he knew I meant to take his life, yet still shielded me from a deadly strike. At the Yingchun House, he recited poetry and danced with his sword for me. During the Double Ninth Festival, he accompanied me to admire the chrysanthemums and climb to a high place.

And on that day in court, when civil officials and military generals alike opposed the marriage of a woman of unknown origins to the Crown Prince,

he was the one who overruled them all and insisted that he would marry no one but me.

The Crown Prince said he loved me.

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Many years later, a close friend happened to tell me,

"A Mu, I still remember how, before we attacked Jingzhou, we drank and sang wildly out in the countryside. You said you were rotten to the core. When we met again at the Huaisheng Prince's residence, my eyes lit up. That woman who had shouted like a madwoman in the rain that she was rotten to the core had suddenly come back to life. I wondered what kind of person could have such extraordinary powers, enough to bring the dead back to life. Then, in the blink of an eye, I saw you tucked into His Highness's arms, smiling with a brilliance I'd never seen before..."

The night stretched endlessly, and the lights of countless homes filled my gaze.

Standing atop a dangerous wall, I spoke of the man who loved me, yet had wronged me so deeply.

"Meeting Cheng Yu was like rowing against the current. In the torrent, a light boat crosses the sea. But what can a boat do in a pool of stagnant water?"

Fate had destined my path ahead to be filled with rugged mountains and treacherous waters,

yet I was willing to stay by his side for the rest of my life, until death did us part.

The great rivers stretch far and wide. The wind rises again, and the clouds gather once more...

[Sweet-faced but secretly ruthless Crown Prince x Fierce and foolish before regaining her memories, then bold and unruly afterward]

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Theme: Though my heart holds a fierce tiger, I gently sniff the roses