Aiding the Imperiled

Ying Xiu is an utterly ordinary, sweet and silly assassin. Aside from killing people, he can't do a thing. In between kills, he falls in love with a handsome retainer from a noble family. He's beautiful and quiet, seems cold but is actually a good person. There's just one odd thing: before long, anyone who crosses the retainer suffers a terrible fate, like having their entire family exiled. Ying Xiu clumsily tries to comfort him. "They're not dead. Their property was only confiscated." The retainer still seems upset. Expressionless, he says, "Mm." Ying Xiu is troubled by this. It's hard when your partner is too kind. He absolutely can't let him find out he's an assassin. If he did, wouldn't he break up with him? To quit the life for good, Ying Xiu has no choice but to assassinate the cruel and tyrannical emperor. Before setting out, he says: Ying Xiu: "You really are very handsome, but I'm tired of looking at you. Let's take a break for a while. Is that okay?" The retainer gazes at him for a long time, then finally nods. "Mm." The night of the assassination. Ying Xiu is curled up in a corner, exposed by the dazzling glazed lamps filling the palace hall. He's trapped in an inescapable net, with nowhere to run. He looks up and sees the tyrant emperor gazing down at him from a short distance away. The emperor wears a dragon-embroidered robe and a cold, austere headdress. His features are so familiar, identical to the retainer's. The beautiful, ruthless young emperor bends down, grips Ying Xiu's chin, and forces him to look at his face. His voice is calm and sinister. "You have two choices." "One: keep loving this face." "Two: die." * Three steps to turn you from an assassin into an empress. Love at first sight, mutual affection, and an assassination attempt with a sword. A face-loving, sweet and silly assassin bottom x a beautiful, domineering emperor top [Reader's Guide] Older top, both are each other's first, happy ending, not a serious historical drama Blurb dated 2025.5.28 My next novel, please add it to your library: Raising a Child with a Domineering Emperor Ji Jue transmigrates into a book and becomes the vicious fake prince. In the original, he is doted on, spoiled and willful, then exposed and sentenced to death by a thousand cuts by the emperor. Death by a thousand cuts! Lying in his swaddling clothes, Ji Jue waves his little hands and crawls around in a panic, until a palace attendant picks him up. "Your Majesty, the little prince really is attached to you." Ji Jue watches helplessly as his young, handsome emperor father gives him a cold glance. His expression is indifferent, with not the slightest hint of affection. Huh? Is that how the original went? Where's the life of being doted on for years, living in luxury and indulgence? Ji Jue grabs hold of the emperor's robe. The fifteen-year-old emperor wears a frosty expression as he reaches out and cradles him. Everyone in the palace says the emperor is cruel and ruthless, but treats his only little prince wonderfully, raising him himself and sharing his bed every night. More than a decade later, Ji Jue has had his fill. Hearing that the real prince is about to return, he quickly packs up and fakes his death to escape. But when he turns around, he sees the emperor, now in his thirties, standing quietly before him. His gentle voice sends a chill down Ji Jue's spine: "Where are you going, my prince?" Older top, fake father-son relationship, sweet doting and childrearing Both are each other's first. The top has no other princes and only has physical contact with the bottom. No romance before the bottom comes of age, only familial affection, no blood relation Content warning: the top is fifteen years older than the bottom Blurb dated 2025.7.22 Theme: High office and power, sword and horse across the land