After I Tricked the Sinister Marquis into Marrying Me

Cheerful, money-loving little con artist x sinister, scheming marquis

Xu Yining was beautiful and skilled in martial arts. She roamed the jianghu swindling people and lived a carefree life.

That is, until one day, an official from the imperial court came looking for her and forced her to branch out into a new line of business: marriage fraud.

Once the money and goods had changed hands, she took the place of the Xu family’s daughter and married Shen Zhaoyi, the Marquis of Zhenbei.

They said the young marquis already commanded an army and had won countless battles. Unfortunately, he was cold and aloof, with a wolf’s ambition, and deeply distrusted by the new emperor.

Everyone said he was sinister and terrifying, but Xu Yining stared at the gold ornaments and jade bracelets she had swiped from him and hidden under her covers, utterly puzzled.

“The marquis is actually a pretty nice guy.”

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At first, Shen Zhaoyi left early and came home late, treating her as if she didn’t exist. He only called her into his room when he needed her, muttering things like, “There are spies in the manor, so we have to keep up the act.”

But later, he called her into his room more and more often, and even started policing where she went and what she did when she was out.

After that, he simply stopped letting her leave the manor. He only knew how to take whatever he wanted, and frantically demanded that she give him her heart.

She couldn’t give him her heart, but she could still run away.

With a neat escape act, she slipped away and vanished.

Later, she disguised herself and set off with the gold ornaments she’d swiped, ready to live the high life, only to find herself surrounded by a heavily armed force.

As Shen Zhaoyi hauled her into a carriage, she panicked and admitted that she wasn’t the Xu family’s daughter.

The man simply pinched her chin and gave a silent, mocking laugh. “Did you truly think such a clumsy trick could fool me, Madam?”

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Bonus Scene:

On their wedding night, she wore a dazzling red phoenix coronet and bridal gown, but had a cute little mole on the bridge of her nose.

Xu Yining’s veil was lifted, but she didn’t even glance at her handsome, cool-eyed groom. Her gaze was glued to the gold ornaments behind Shen Zhaoyi, and she didn’t so much as turn her head.

Shen Zhaoyi’s expression darkened. He gave a soft cough.

Xu Yining kept staring at the glittering gold ornaments and blurted out, “My husband has so much… No, my husband is so big… No, my husband is so shiny…”

Shen Zhaoyi ignored her and merely looked down at the little mole on the bridge of her nose.

This spy had not only a beautiful face, but also a foolish head. She could stay.

Until one day, Xu Yining dropped a bloodied spy’s head in front of Shen Zhaoyi. Her eyes curved with a smile as she claimed credit in her sweet voice. “Marquis, I’ll take care of the dirty work for you. But as for the price…”

Though it was broad daylight, Shen Zhaoyi still drew the bed curtains as she asked...

Beneath his cold exterior, his lips were still burning hot as they brushed over Xu Yining’s damp hair.

Shen Zhaoyi glanced at her and made a few marks in the account book, then replied quietly,

“That clears these. There are still two more debts…”

“Madam, when would you like to settle them?”

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