The Powerful Minister’s Dead Wife Was Actually Me

Yun Lou is a top-ranked assassin trained by the assassination organization Fine Blade. After a mission goes wrong, Yun Lou is gravely injured and comes close to death. A renowned doctor determines that her martial skills have been damaged and that she'll never be able to wield a blade again. The leader regrets losing her, but shows no mercy, sending her away with a pouch of broken silver coins. Tired of living by the blade, Yun Lou uses her severance pay to start enjoying the good life. While sightseeing in the mountains one day, she runs into bandits and is rescued by a frail scholar. The two of them spend several days together in a cave. When they part, the scholar blushes and proposes, saying he wants to take responsibility for her. Yun Lou marries the scholar and settles into a lazy life, waited on hand and foot. He supports the household while she grows flowers; he earns money and she spends it. When someone comes after her for beating them up, the scholar declares righteously, “My wife couldn't hurt a fly. How could she have bullied you?” Hiding behind him, Yun Lou nods like a pecking chick. “Exactly, exactly!” Life couldn't be better, until the leader of Fine Blade discovers the deception. It turns out that his top-ranked assassin isn't unable to wield a blade again. She simply doesn't want to. She and the doctor put on a whole act and fooled him completely! When she hears that Fine Blade is coming to take her back to answer for her crimes, the scholar happens to offend a powerful local noble family. Yun Lou seizes the opportunity to fake her death and flee. Yun Lou changes her name and identity and enjoys several more years of carefree living. She assumes the scholar has long since forgotten about her. When Fine Blade finally tracks her down again, the leader promises to set her free for good if she successfully assassinates a target. Yun Lou happily accepts, scouts the location, gathers information, and lays out her plan. Until the day of the assassination, when she hides and waits for the right moment. The target, seated at a desk by the window, looks up and reveals a face strikingly like the scholar's. The once-gentle, kind scholar now wields immense power, a powerful minister both feared and despised by all. The powerful noble she used to fake her death has long since had his household confiscated. They say the minister keeps a memorial tablet for his deceased wife in his bedroom. The deceased wife herself: Huh? Suddenly, she doesn't know who to stab. *A sweet, everyday story of a marriage that turns into love* *A retired, carefree assassin who just wants to get a taste of her husband's body* *I married her only to take responsibility. I have no romantic feelings for her. Wait, why am I getting more and more hooked? Wife, please don't leave.* *There will be a forced-pursuit plot later. Don't read if that's not your thing.* Theme: Freedom is worth more