Airheaded beauty x scheming chief councilor (pregnancy-and-run trope)
The Chunqiu Pavilion had been plotting for a long time to assassinate Chief Councilor Su Yuchuan. They had trained a top assassin for the job and planned to disguise the assassin as a beauty and send them into the Su residence.
But the day before the operation, the assassin ran away! With time running out, they had no choice but to find another assassin to send in.
They needed someone who was both an unparalleled beauty and highly skilled in martial arts.
With no time to find anyone, the Chunqiu Pavilion had to set its sights on Lin Xue.
She might not be good at martial arts, but at least she was stunning.
Lin Xue, who had just been taken in by the Chunqiu Pavilion: You mean... me?
After entering the Su residence, Lin Xue received her first mission: win Su Yuchuan's heart first, or she wouldn't be able to get close enough to assassinate him.
Lin Xue spent all night thinking it over. The next day, she found Su Yuchuan's personal guard and slipped him two silver coins. "What kind of woman does the master like?"
The guard: ...My wages are worth a lot more than this.
Fortunately, Lin Xue's efforts paid off, and Su Yuchuan began spending every night in her room.
Before long, she received her second mission: assassinate Su Yuchuan.
One night, while they were caught up in passion, she pulled a knife from under the pillow and stabbed at Su Yuchuan, but he seized her hand.
Lin Xue thought: I'm done for this time.
But Su Yuchuan adjusted the angle of the knife, drawing it closer, then bent down and kissed the woman beneath him.
"Silly Xue'er, that's not how you hold a knife."
"I'll teach you next time."
*
Su Yuchuan had known from the start that one of the beauties sent to his residence was an assassin, and a top one at that. From the moment they arrived, he kept a close eye on them.
All eight beauties were timid around him because of his status, but one of them came crashing right into his path.
Looking at Lin Xue, Su Yuchuan concluded: She's an idiot. She can't possibly be an assassin.
But this beauty loved him with all her heart, so he couldn't help feeling tender toward her and keeping an extra eye on her, treating her considerately.
He never expected that without him investigating, the beauty would give herself away. She met with people from the Chunqiu Pavilion right under his nose, drugged him, then spent the whole night anxiously unable to sleep.
So she really was a top assassin.
He watched Lin Xue struggle through her assassin duties, clumsy and overwhelmed, only for one order from him to ruin all her plans. He found himself feeling both amused and sorry for her.
Finally, one night, she raised a knife and stabbed at him.
Su Yuchuan thought that from then on, they would be honest with each other. By choosing not to investigate Lin Xue's identity, he had already made his feelings clear.
But he had only been away from the residence for a few busy days when a guard rushed in to report, "Miss Lin has run away!"
Su Yuchuan's face darkened as he threw down his wolf-hair brush.
Heartless woman!
Theme: Treasure the person in front of you!
