The Crown Princess Is Well-Behaved by Day and Wild by Night

[By day, a frail, blood-spitting invalid; by night, a dangerously unhinged assassin] Shen Weiwei transmigrated into the body of the assassin “July.” She thought she would spend the rest of her life surviving by killing… But then someone got leverage over her father. To save him, she had no choice but to pose as the Crown Princess, Liu Ruxu, and enter the Eastern Palace. To stay alive, she played the sickly Crown Princess by day and killed to save her father by night. Until one night, she pinned her latest target in a lotus pond. When she looked up, the crown prince was watching her from beneath the covered walkway. The man picked up the herbal sachet she had dropped. His voice was so gentle, it sounded as if he were coaxing a child. “It seems the Crown Princess forgot to take her medicine again today?” Her target tried to seize the chance to escape, but she spun around and sealed his throat with her hairpin. Shen Weiwei’s knuckles turned white as murderous intent mingled with despair. Just then, the crown prince approached at an unhurried pace. He leaned down beside her ear, his breath warm, his voice low and amused. “Did you really think the Eastern Palace was a place you could come and go as you pleased, killing whoever you wanted?” He paused and glanced toward the pond. “I sent this man here specifically to test your skills. He was pretty good. I’m satisfied.” He wiped the blood from her fingertips, then burned the poisoned wine and the secret letter to ashes. “Keeping up the act must be exhausting. Why not work together? You play the Crown Princess, and I’ll help you get what you want.” Shen Weiwei sheathed her blade and smiled even more sweetly than he did. “Your Highness, we can work together. But test me again, and it’ll cost you more than one life.”